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Menlo Park, California has 2 accredited schools offering technical communication programs, with tuition ranging from $16,005 to $50,205 per year for indexed programs. Menlo Park has a population of about 32,775. Median household income is $206,588 (Census ACS 2023, 5-year). About 72.7% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. In the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, the top-earning technical communication-related role is Technical Writer at a median $135,470 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer technical communication programs near Menlo Park, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Menlo Park city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS). To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked against schools at the same credential level:
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score. On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Menlo Park. Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
Source:IPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:Accreditor: Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior Colleges and University CommissionIPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:IPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:Accreditor: Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior Colleges and University CommissionIPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:IPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:Accreditor: Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior Colleges and University CommissionIPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all California schools on the California technical communication page.
Menlo Park is part of the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area (BLS area code 41860). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to California statewide.
| Occupation | Median Wage | Source | COL-Adjusted (US=100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technical Writer | $135,470 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $117,189 |
| Editor | $102,940 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $89,048 |
| Writer and Author | $86,480 | CA statewide | $74,810 |
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 32,775 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B01003) |
| Median household income | $206,588 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B19013) |
| Adults 25+ with bachelor’s+ | 72.7% | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B15003) |
| Regional Price Parity (US=100) | 115.6 (above U.S. average) | BEA RPP 2024 |
Our directory has 2 accredited schools offering technical communication programs near Menlo Park. The closest is San Francisco State University in San Francisco, CA (24.4 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is University of California-Santa Cruz (33.2 miles). 1 of the highlighted schools is flagged as offering distance education.
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying technical communication-related roles near Menlo Park are: Technical Writer ($135,470), Editor ($102,940), Writer and Author ($86,480). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with California statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
East Palo Alto, CA is 1.7 miles from Menlo Park and has its own set of local technical communication programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
Menlo Park’s median household income of $206,588 (Census ACS 2023) is one input. Online programs let students stay in Menlo Park while attending lower-cost out-of-state schools, and California public universities often offer reduced in-state online tuition.
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Data verified: August 31, 2026. Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
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