Best Instructional Coordinator programs in California, ranked by enrollment
Develop instructional material, coordinate educational content, and incorporate current technology into instruction in order to provide guidelines to educators and instructors for developing curricula and conducting courses.
31 schools in California run programs that feed this job, graduating 843 people a year. The job pays a median of $97,010 in California across about 20,950 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in California that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
2 programs in California that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in California (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own California page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Educational/Instructional Technologymain feeder CIP 13.0501In California → | 427 | 50.7% | 21 | $40,786 | $33,629 |
| 2 | Curriculum and Instructionmain feeder CIP 13.0301In California → | 416 | 49.3% | 18 | $45,004 | $27,000 |
Top 25 schools in California
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 31 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Concordia University - Irvine Irvine, CA Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 126 | Curriculum and Instruction | — | 58% | $26,609 | 66% |
| 2 | California State University - Fullerton Fullerton, CA Public · 1 feeder programs | 114 | Educational/Instructional Technology | — | 70% | — | 91% |
| 3 | University of the Pacific Stockton, CA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 111 | Curriculum and Instruction | — | 69% | $23,964 | 71% |
| 4 | University of San Diego San Diego, CA Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 75 | Educational/Instructional Technology | — | 84% | $26,035 | 52% |
| 5 | Foothill College Los Altos Hills, CA Public · 1 feeder programs | 58 | Educational/Instructional Technology | — | 56% | — | — |
| 6 | California State University - East Bay Hayward, CA Public · 2 feeder programs | 49 | Educational/Instructional Technology | — | 48% | — | 97% |
| 7 | San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA Public · 2 feeder programs | 36 | Curriculum and Instruction | — | 50% | — | 96% |
| 8 | California State University - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Public · 1 feeder programs | 32 | Educational/Instructional Technology | — | 53% | — | 91% |
| 9 | California State University - Long Beach Long Beach, CA Public · 2 feeder programs | 26 | Curriculum and Instruction | — | 69% | — | 46% |
| 10 | California State University - Northridge Northridge, CA Public · 2 feeder programs | 24 | Educational/Instructional Technology | — | 57% | — | 93% |
| 11 | La Sierra University Riverside, CA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 20 | Curriculum and Instruction | — | 60% | $26,504 | 91% |
| 12 | Chapman University Orange, CA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 18 | Curriculum and Instruction | — | 82% | $42,965 | 65% |
| 13 | California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA Public · 1 feeder programs | 17 | Curriculum and Instruction | — | 86% | — | 31% |
| 14 | National University San Diego, CA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 17 | Educational/Instructional Technology | — | 43% | $31,817 | — |
| 15 | University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 15 | Curriculum and Instruction | — | 70% | $37,121 | 62% |
| 16 | Pepperdine University Malibu, CA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 14 | Educational/Instructional Technology | — | 83% | $41,986 | 63% |
| 17 | Northcentral University San Diego, CA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 13 | Curriculum and Instruction | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | California State University - San Marcos San Marcos, CA Public · 1 feeder programs | 12 | Curriculum and Instruction | — | 55% | — | 95% |
| 19 | University of Massachusetts Global Aliso Viejo, CA Public · 2 feeder programs | 12 | Curriculum and Instruction | — | 43% | — | — |
| 20 | California State University - Monterey Bay Seaside, CA Public · 1 feeder programs | 11 | Educational/Instructional Technology | — | 59% | — | 97% |
| 21 | San Diego State University San Diego, CA Public · 1 feeder programs | 11 | Educational/Instructional Technology | — | 76% | — | 36% |
| 22 | Vanguard University of Southern California Costa Mesa, CA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 11 | Curriculum and Instruction | — | 57% | $18,716 | 62% |
| 23 | California State University - San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA Public · 1 feeder programs | 6 | Educational/Instructional Technology | — | 55% | — | 94% |
| 24 | Academy of Art University San Francisco, CA Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 3 | Educational/Instructional Technology | — | 34% | $40,294 | — |
| 25 | Cerritos College Norwalk, CA Public · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Educational/Instructional Technology | — | 31% | — | — |
All 31 schools in California
Every school in California with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concordia University - Irvine | Irvine | Private not-for-profit | 126 | 2 |
| California State University - Fullerton | Fullerton | Public | 114 | 1 |
| University of the Pacific | Stockton | Private not-for-profit | 111 | 1 |
| University of San Diego | San Diego | Private not-for-profit | 75 | 2 |
| Foothill College | Los Altos Hills | Public | 58 | 1 |
| California State University - East Bay | Hayward | Public | 49 | 2 |
| San Francisco State University | San Francisco | Public | 36 | 2 |
| California State University - Los Angeles | Los Angeles | Public | 32 | 1 |
| California State University - Long Beach | Long Beach | Public | 26 | 2 |
| California State University - Northridge | Northridge | Public | 24 | 2 |
| La Sierra University | Riverside | Private not-for-profit | 20 | 1 |
| Chapman University | Orange | Private not-for-profit | 18 | 1 |
| California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo | Public | 17 | 1 |
| National University | San Diego | Private not-for-profit | 17 | 1 |
| University of San Francisco | San Francisco | Private not-for-profit | 15 | 2 |
What instructional coordinators earn in California
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $77,440. California pays above the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in California
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Instructional Coordinators page.
How to become a Instructional Coordinator
Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above- Typical entry education
- Master's degree
- Work experience needed
- 5 years or more
Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in California
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 2 majors mapped to Instructional Coordinators2 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 13.0301Curriculum and Instruction
- 13.0501Educational/Instructional Technology
Common questions
Answers for people weighing instructional coordinators programs in California.
What degree do you need to become an Instructional Coordinator?+
Master's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Educational/Instructional Technology, which awarded 427 degrees in California in 2024-25, 50.7% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming an Instructional Coordinator?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 2 programs to this occupation. The largest are Educational/Instructional Media Design, Curriculum and Instruction. Together they graduate about 843 people a year in California.
How much do instructional coordinators earn in California?+
The median is $97,010 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 25.3% above the U.S. median of $77,440. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for instructional coordinators growing?+
BLS projects a +1.3% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, little or no change, with roughly 21,900 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in California?+
31 institutions in California reported graduates from at least one of the 2 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do instructional coordinators work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Curriculum Coordinator, Instructional Designer, Instructional Technologist, Curriculum and Instruction Director among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 25-9031.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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