Career Programs at CMC

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Copper Mountain Community College is $11,050 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.

Copper Mountain 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 $5,131 (exclude student loans).

CMC 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$11,050
Average Financial Amount	$5,131

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Copper Mountain Community College offers 17 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, 290 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Copper Mountain Community College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	7	8
2 Years Certificate	10	46
Total	17	290

Programs by Award Level

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

8 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
46 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
236 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
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Environmental Studies	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications	✕	3	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	1	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Cooking and Related Culinary Arts	✕	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	1	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Business [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	1	-
	Total	8

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	1	-
Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications	✕	0	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Cooking and Related Culinary Arts	✕	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	1	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	32 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	32	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Alternative Fuel Vehicle Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	12	-
Business [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	0	-
	Total	46

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Environmental Studies	✕	0	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	1	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	4	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	1	-
Computer Science	✕	3	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	2	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	1 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	1	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	34 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	24	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	10	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	0	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	44 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✕	44	-
Psychology [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Psychology	✕	22	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	12	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	4	-
Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	2	-
Economics	✕	4	-
Political Science and Government	✕	12	-
Sociology	✕	11	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	2	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	5	-
Drawing	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	33 completers	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	22	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	11	-
Business [+]	✕	30 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	2	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	28	-
History [+]	✕	4 completers	-
History	✕	4	-
	Total	236

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 1,402 students are attending at Copper Mountain Community College. There are 29 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 84 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 13 to 1 (7.69%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 97 (full-time) and 109 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Copper Mountain Community College is 22% and transfer-out rate is 10%. The retention rate is 58% at the school.

CMC 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	1,402
Graduation Rate	22%
Number of Faculty	113
Student to Faculty Ratio	13 to 1

Student Population at CMC

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 1,353 students enrolled into Copper Mountain Community College. By gender, 457 male and 896 female students are attending the school.

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

Student Population By Gender
Copper Mountain Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,353	457	896
Full-time	339	103	236
Part-tme	1,014	354	660

There are 488 White (36.07%), 103 Black/African American (7.61%), 570 Hispanic (42.13%), 56 Asian (4.14%), and 697 students with other races attending Copper Mountain Community College.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Copper Mountain Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,353	457	896
American Indian/Native American	9	1	8
Asian	56	21	35
Black/African American	103	49	54
Hispanic	570	171	399
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	2	7
White	488	171	317
Two More	95	33	62
Un-Known	23	9	14
Non-resident Alien	0	0	0

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

598 students (44.20% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 333 students (24.61% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Copper Mountain Community College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Copper Mountain Community College
	Number of Students
Total	1,353
Enrolled Online Exclusively	598
Enrolled Some Online Courses	333
Not in Online Courses	422

By age range, at Copper Mountain Community College, 341 students are aged 20 to 24 (25.20% of total students), 372 students are aged below 20 (27.49%), 48 students are aged above 50 (5.62%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Copper Mountain Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,353	457	896
Under 18	156	59	97
Age 18-19	216	87	129
Age 20-21	166	70	96
Age 22-24	175	57	118
Age 25-29	222	68	154
Age 30-34	182	48	134
Age 35-39	94	23	71
Age 40-49	94	26	68
Age 50-64	38	13	25
Over 64	10	6	4

Directory and Accreditation Information

Copper Mountain Community College is accredited by Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (1/1/2001 - Current).

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

6162 Rotary Way, Joshua Tree, CA

760-366-3791

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