Career Programs at BCC

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Berkshire Community College is $11,108 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.

Berkshire Community College offers the alternative tuition plans .

84% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $4,917 (exclude student loans).

BCC 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$11,108
Average Financial Amount	$4,917

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Berkshire Community College offers 15 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate and 1-2 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 274 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Berkshire Community College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	14	70
2 Years Certificate	1	24
Total	15	274

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

70 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
24 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
180 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Applied Horticulture/Horticultural Business Services (other)	✕	11	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	4	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	3	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	✕	2	-
Education [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	14	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness (other)	✕	0	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	16	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Music Technology	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder	✕	0	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	4	-
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	✕	0	-
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (other)	✕	15	-
Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage	✕	0	-
	Total	70

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	24	-
	Total	24

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	3	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	4	-
Education [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	11	-
Engineering [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Engineering	✕	9	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	50 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	50	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	10	-
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	✕	0	-
Human Services [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Community Organization and Advocacy	✕	11	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	2	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	64 completers	-
Physical Therapy Technician/Assistant	✕	8	-
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	✕	5	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	40	-
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (other)	✕	11	-
Business [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	8	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	6	-
Hospitality Administration/Management	✕	2	-
	Total	180

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 1,367 students are attending at Berkshire Community College. There are 61 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 89 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 10 to 1 (10.00%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 193 (full-time) and 162 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Berkshire Community College is 17% and transfer-out rate is 19%. The retention rate is 56% at the school.

BCC 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	1,367
Graduation Rate	17%
Number of Faculty	150
Student to Faculty Ratio	10 to 1

Student Population at BCC

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 1,453 students enrolled into Berkshire Community College. By gender, 490 male and 963 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Berkshire Community College.

Student Population By Gender
Berkshire Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,453	490	963
Full-time	344	140	204
Part-tme	1,109	350	759

There are 987 White (67.93%), 130 Black/African American (8.95%), 162 Hispanic (11.15%), 34 Asian (2.34%), and 302 students with other races attending Berkshire Community College. 1 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Berkshire Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,453	490	963
American Indian/Native American	7	4	3
Asian	34	17	17
Black/African American	130	46	84
Hispanic	162	57	105
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	987	322	665
Two More	53	17	36
Un-Known	79	27	52
Non-resident Alien	1	0	1

Berkshire Community College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

474 students (32.62% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 528 students (36.34% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Berkshire Community College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Berkshire Community College
	Number of Students
Total	1,453
Enrolled Online Exclusively	474
Enrolled Some Online Courses	528
Not in Online Courses	451

By age range, at Berkshire Community College, 304 students are aged 20 to 24 (20.92% of total students), 580 students are aged below 20 (39.92%), 69 students are aged above 50 (8.26%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Berkshire Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,453	490	963
Under 18	271	111	160
Age 18-19	309	148	161
Age 20-21	164	62	102
Age 22-24	140	50	90
Age 25-29	148	31	117
Age 30-34	146	30	116
Age 35-39	110	22	88
Age 40-49	95	20	75
Age 50-64	60	13	47
Over 64	9	2	7
Age Un-Known	1	1	0

Directory and Accreditation Information

Berkshire Community College is accredited by New England Commission of Higher Education (12/1/1964 - Current).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Berkshire Community College.

1350 West Street, Pittsfield, MA

413-499-4660

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