Career Programs at CCC

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Contra Costa College is $8,328 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.

54% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $2,823 (exclude student loans).

CCC 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$8,328
Average Financial Amount	$2,823

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Contra Costa College offers 40 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, 1,662 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Contra Costa College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	28	401
2 Years Certificate	12	384
Total	40	1,662

Programs by Award Level

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

401 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
384 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
877 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
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Journalism	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	0	-
Computer Support Specialist	✕	0	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Cooking and Related Culinary Arts	✕	1	-
Engineering [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Pre-Engineering	✕	2	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Biomedical Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	17	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	57 completers	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)	✕	57	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	214 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✕	214	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Physical Fitness Technician	✕	0	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	1	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	5	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Corrections	✕	2	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	5	-
Corrections and Criminal Justice (other)	✕	1	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair	✕	1	-
Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	1	-
Business [+]	✕	59 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	43	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	10	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	2	-
Real Estate	✕	4	-
	Total	401

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Cooking and Related Culinary Arts	✕	7	-
Engineering [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Pre-Engineering	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Biomedical Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	2	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	368 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	368	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Dental Assisting/Assistant	✕	1	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	1	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	1	-
Business [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	0	-
	Total	384

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Ethnic Studies	✕	9	-
Women's Studies	✕	1	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	8	-
Journalism	✕	4	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	1	-
Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications	✕	0	-
Computer Science	✕	2	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	2	-
Computer Support Specialist	✕	0	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Cooking and Related Culinary Arts	✕	5	-
Engineering [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Pre-Engineering	✕	2	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Biomedical Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	1	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	7	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	4 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	4	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	285 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	214	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	71	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	30 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	30	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	9	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	214 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✕	214	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	1	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	3	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	1	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	7	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	0	-
Physics	✕	3	-
Psychology [+]	✕	40 completers	-
Psychology	✕	40	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	27 completers	-
Corrections	✕	3	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	24	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	0	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	45 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	1	-
Economics	✕	4	-
Geography	✕	1	-
Political Science and Government	✕	9	-
Sociology	✕	30	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	1	-
Music	✕	4	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	38 completers	-
Dental Assisting/Assistant	✕	1	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	2	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	35	-
Business [+]	✕	106 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	99	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	5	-
Real Estate	✕	2	-
History [+]	✕	4 completers	-
History	✕	4	-
	Total	877

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 5,832 students are attending at Contra Costa College. There are 99 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 178 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 210 (full-time) and 186 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Contra Costa College is 21% and transfer-out rate is 7%. The retention rate is 69% at the school.

CCC 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	5,832
Graduation Rate	21%
Number of Faculty	277
Student to Faculty Ratio	20 to 1

Student Population at CCC

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 5,631 students enrolled into Contra Costa College. By gender, 2,227 male and 3,404 female students are attending the school.

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

Student Population By Gender
Contra Costa College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,631	2,227	3,404
Full-time	1,353	593	760
Part-tme	4,278	1,634	2,644

There are 586 White (10.41%), 816 Black/African American (14.49%), 2,603 Hispanic (46.23%), 1,083 Asian (19.23%), and 3,111 students with other races attending Contra Costa College. 23 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Contra Costa College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,631	2,227	3,404
American Indian/Native American	8	5	3
Asian	1,083	486	597
Black/African American	816	312	504
Hispanic	2,603	966	1,637
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	35	11	24
White	586	225	361
Two More	332	154	178
Un-Known	145	60	85
Non-resident Alien	23	8	15

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

3,860 students (68.55% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 1,259 students (22.36% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Contra Costa College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Contra Costa College
	Number of Students
Total	5,631
Enrolled Online Exclusively	3,860
Enrolled Some Online Courses	1,259
Not in Online Courses	512

By age range, at Contra Costa College, 1,602 students are aged 20 to 24 (28.45% of total students), 2,029 students are aged below 20 (36.03%), 218 students are aged above 50 (6.36%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Contra Costa College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,631	2,227	3,404
Under 18	812	339	473
Age 18-19	1,217	624	593
Age 20-21	875	421	454
Age 22-24	727	300	427
Age 25-29	679	218	461
Age 30-34	472	122	350
Age 35-39	314	77	237
Age 40-49	317	65	252
Age 50-64	179	50	129
Over 64	39	11	28

Directory and Accreditation Information

Contra Costa College is accredited by Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (1/1/1952 - Current).

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

2600 Mission Bell Dr, San Pablo, CA

510-235-7800

School Website

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Financial Aid Information

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