Career Programs at Butte

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Butte College is $8,416 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.

Butte College offers the alternative tuition plans .

81% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $4,979 (exclude student loans).

Butte 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$8,416
Average Financial Amount	$4,979

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Butte College offers 77 vocational programs for Less than 12-Week Certificate, Less than 1-Year Certificate, 1-2 Years Certificate, and 2-4 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 2,469 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Butte College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 12 Weeks Certificate	2	73
Less than 1 Year Certificate	45	751
2 Years Certificate	25	328
4 Years Certificate	5	38
Total	77	2,469

Programs by Award Level

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

73 students have earned/completed Less than 12 Weeks Certificate program.
751 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
328 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
38 students have earned/completed 2-4 Years Certificate program.
1,279 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 12 Weeks Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	✕	21	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	52 completers	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	52	-
	Total	73

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	✕	0	-
Agricultural Mechanics and Equipment/Machine Technology	✕	4	-
Landscaping and Groundskeeping	✕	1	-
Floriculture/Floristry Operations and Management	✕	3	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Natural Resources/Conservation	✕	1	-
Forestry	✕	1	-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	✕	4	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Radio and Television	✕	16	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	✕	6	-
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects	✕	12	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	11	-
Education [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Teacher Assistant/Aide	✕	5	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	56 completers	-
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	11	$24,500
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	15	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	21	-
Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD	✕	9	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	134 completers	-
Family and Community Services	✕	6	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	127	-
Apparel and Textile Marketing Management	✕	1	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	$22,900
Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary	✕	3	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	1	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	✕	2	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	91 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	17	-
Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician	✕	23	-
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	✕	51	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
International Relations and Affairs	✕	1	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Building Construction Technology	✕	3	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	95 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	95	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	3	-
Photography	✕	12	-
Ceramic Arts and Ceramics	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	202 completers	-
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder	✕	12	-
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	✕	39	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	74	-
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide	✕	77	-
Business [+]	✕	81 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	4	-
E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce	✕	4	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	37	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	15	-
Small Business Administration/Management	✕	1	-
Real Estate	✕	2	-
Taxation	✕	13	-
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	✕	5	-
	Total	751

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Agricultural Production Operations (other)	✕	0	-
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	✕	4	-
Landscaping and Groundskeeping	✕	0	-
Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management	✕	5	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Radio and Television	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	0	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	39 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	39	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	0	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary	✕	0	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	170 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	83	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	87	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	11	-
Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	37 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	37	-
Transportation and Materials Moving [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Construction/Heavy Equipment/Earthmoving Equipment Operation	✕	23	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Interior Design	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	✕	0	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	24	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	0	$86,900
Business [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	4	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	0	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	0	-
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	✕	0	-
	Total	328

2-4 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	✕	2	-
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	✕	27	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	0	-
	Total	38

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	33 completers	-
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	✕	16	-
Agricultural Mechanics and Equipment/Machine Technology	✕	2	-
Crop Production	✕	11	-
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	✕	4	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Natural Resources/Conservation	✕	13	-
Environmental Science	✕	1	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Ethnic Studies	✕	1	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	27	-
Journalism	✕	1	-
Radio and Television	✕	1	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Photographic and Film/Video Technology/Technician and Assistant	✕	2	-
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	✕	3	-
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects	✕	3	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	7	-
Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications	✕	0	-
Computer Science	✕	14	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	9	-
Education [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	✕	22	-
Engineering [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Pre-Engineering	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	7	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	5	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	32 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	10	-
Child Development	✕	0	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	21	-
Apparel and Textile Marketing Management	✕	1	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary	✕	2	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	44 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	20	-
English Language and Literature/Letters (other)	✕	24	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	21	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	0	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	24	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	17	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	✕	0	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	2	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	12	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Physical Sciences	✕	1	-
Chemistry	✕	4	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	1	-
Physics	✕	9	-
Psychology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	88 completers	-
Psychology	✔	88	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	112 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	76	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	14	-
Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician	✕	22	-
Social Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	412 completers	-
Social Sciences	✕	372	-
Anthropology	✔	13	-
Economics	✕	7	-
Geography	✕	0	-
Political Science and Government	✕	7	-
Sociology	✕	13	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Building/Home/Construction Inspection/Inspector	✕	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	2	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	47 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	10	-
Graphic Design	✕	11	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	7	-
Photography	✕	0	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	19	-
Ceramic Arts and Ceramics	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	161 completers	-
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	✕	16	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	4	-
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	✕	27	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	113	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	1	-
Business [+]	✕	116 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	91	-
Retail Management	✕	0	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	11	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	6	-
Small Business Administration/Management	✕	4	-
Real Estate	✕	0	-
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	✕	4	-
Tourism and Travel Services Marketing Operations	✕	0	-
History [+]	✔	13 completers	-
History	✔	13	-
	Total	1,279

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 9,362 students are attending at Butte College. There are 192 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 414 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 20 to 1 (5.00%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 570 (full-time) and 440 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Butte College is 33% and transfer-out rate is 7%. The retention rate is 70% at the school.

Butte 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	9,362
Graduation Rate	33%
Number of Faculty	606
Student to Faculty Ratio	20 to 1

Student Population at Butte

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 9,470 students enrolled into Butte College. By gender, 4,144 male and 5,326 female students are attending the school.

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

Student Population By Gender
Butte College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	9,470	4,144	5,326
Full-time	4,084	1,873	2,211
Part-tme	5,386	2,271	3,115

There are 4,762 White (50.29%), 240 Black/African American (2.53%), 2,978 Hispanic (31.45%), 531 Asian (5.61%), and 3,904 students with other races attending Butte College. 87 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Butte College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	9,470	4,144	5,326
American Indian/Native American	101	40	61
Asian	531	248	283
Black/African American	240	124	116
Hispanic	2,978	1,250	1,728
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	33	16	17
White	4,762	2,057	2,705
Two More	603	276	327
Un-Known	135	75	60
Non-resident Alien	87	58	29

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

4,434 students (46.82% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 3,203 students (33.82% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Butte College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Butte College
	Number of Students
Total	9,470
Enrolled Online Exclusively	4,434
Enrolled Some Online Courses	3,203
Not in Online Courses	1,833

By age range, at Butte College, 2,885 students are aged 20 to 24 (30.46% of total students), 3,583 students are aged below 20 (37.84%), 269 students are aged above 50 (4.94%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Butte College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	9,470	4,144	5,326
Under 18	1,044	474	570
Age 18-19	2,539	1,250	1,289
Age 20-21	1,677	799	878
Age 22-24	1,208	563	645
Age 25-29	1,199	500	699
Age 30-34	687	226	461
Age 35-39	450	132	318
Age 40-49	397	122	275
Age 50-64	234	66	168
Over 64	35	12	23

Directory and Accreditation Information

Butte College is accredited by Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (1/1/1972 - Current).

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

3536 Butte Campus Drive, Oroville, CA

530-895-2511

School Website

Admission Page

Financial Aid Information

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Directory and Accreditation Information

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