Career Programs at Fresno City

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Fresno City College is $9,454 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.

Fresno City College offers the alternative tuition plans .

65% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $4,474 (exclude student loans).

Fresno City 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$9,454
Average Financial Amount	$4,474

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Fresno City College offers 80 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, 3,389 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Fresno City College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 12 Weeks Certificate	6	0
Less than 1 Year Certificate	37	755
2 Years Certificate	35	217
4 Years Certificate	2	1
Total	80	3,389

Programs by Award Level

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

755 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
217 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
1 students have earned/completed 2-4 Years Certificate program.
2,416 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
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Photographic and Film/Video Technology/Technician and Assistant	✕	0	-
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	$24,500
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Family and Community Services	✕	0	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	0	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	0	-
	Total	0

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Natural Resources/Conservation	✕	1	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Photographic and Film/Video Technology/Technician and Assistant	✕	6	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	28	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	1	-
Web/Multimedia Management and Webmaster	✕	0	-
Engineering [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Pre-Engineering	✕	4	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Telecommunications Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Electromechanical Technology/Electromechanical Engineering Technology	✕	4	-
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	$24,500
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Sign Language Interpretation and Translation	✕	6	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	211 completers	-
Foodservice Systems Administration/Management	✕	1	-
Adult Development and Aging	✕	7	-
Family and Community Services	✕	5	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	198	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	$22,900
Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary	✕	0	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	169 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	169	-
Library Science [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Library and Archives Assisting	✕	8	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	13	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies	✕	7	-
Science Technologies/Technicians [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Chemical Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	46 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	2	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	2	-
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	✕	39	-
Forensic Science and Technology	✕	3	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	73 completers	-
Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair	✕	59	-
Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician	✕	11	-
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology	✕	3	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	7	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	12	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	96 completers	-
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder	✕	8	-
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	✕	20	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	68	-
Business [+]	✕	60 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	31	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	25	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	4	-
	Total	755

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Architecture [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Architectural Technology/Technician	✕	3	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Photographic and Film/Video Technology/Technician and Assistant	✕	0	-
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Graphic and Printing Equipment Operator	✕	1	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	10	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager	✕	4	-
Education [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	2	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	✕	2	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	28 completers	-
Telecommunications Technology/Technician	✕	8	-
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	13	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	0	-
Apparel and Textile Marketing Management	✕	0	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	33 completers	-
Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary	✕	0	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	33	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Corrections	✕	4	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	6	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	0	-
Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Building/Home/Construction Inspection/Inspector	✕	0	-
Building Construction Technology	✕	1	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair	✕	7	-
Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician	✕	7	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	4	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Graphic Design	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	32 completers	-
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	✕	0	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	2	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	30	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	0	$73,100
Business [+]	✕	56 completers	-
Retail Management	✕	30	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	22	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	4	-
Real Estate	✕	0	-
	Total	217

2-4 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
	Total	1

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Architecture [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Architectural Technology/Technician	✕	6	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Ethnic Studies	✕	7	-
Women's Studies	✕	3	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	56 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	41	-
Journalism	✕	15	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Photographic and Film/Video Technology/Technician and Assistant	✕	3	-
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Graphic and Printing Equipment Operator	✕	3	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	6	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	13	-
Web/Multimedia Management and Webmaster	✕	3	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager	✕	4	-
Education [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	✕	4	-
Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Teacher Assistant/Aide	✕	1	-
Engineering [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Pre-Engineering	✕	11	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	6	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	36 completers	-
Foreign Languages and Literatures	✕	0	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	17	-
American Sign Language (ASL)	✕	19	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	88 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	6	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	81	-
Apparel and Textile Marketing Management	✕	1	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary	✕	1	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	17	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	23 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	23	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	75 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	74	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	1	-
Library Science [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Library and Archives Assisting	✕	6	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	272 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	272	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	46 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	46	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✕	0	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	88 completers	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies	✕	3	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	85	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	3	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Physical Sciences	✕	0	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	1	-
Physics	✕	11	-
Psychology [+]	✕	171 completers	-
Psychology	✕	171	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	174 completers	-
Corrections	✕	5	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	143	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	0	-
Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician	✕	22	-
Forensic Science and Technology	✕	4	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	185 completers	-
Social Sciences	✕	78	-
Anthropology	✕	13	-
Economics	✕	11	-
Political Science and Government	✕	18	-
Sociology	✕	65	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Building/Home/Construction Inspection/Inspector	✕	0	-
Building Construction Technology	✕	8	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	30 completers	-
Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair	✕	18	-
Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	10	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	8	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	66 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	1	-
Dance	✕	3	-
Graphic Design	✕	8	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	13	-
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology	✕	2	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	30	-
Music	✕	9	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	362 completers	-
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	✕	53	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✕	13	-
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	✕	6	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	19	-
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	✕	20	-
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	✕	38	-
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs (other)	✕	0	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	11	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	202	-
Business [+]	✕	305 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	273	-
Retail Management	✕	4	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	14	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	7	-
Real Estate	✕	0	-
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	✕	7	-
History [+]	✕	20 completers	-
History	✕	20	-
	Total	2,416

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 22,609 students are attending at Fresno City College. There are 355 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 589 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 25 to 1 (4.00%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 798 (full-time) and 604 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Fresno City College is 24% and transfer-out rate is 5%. The retention rate is 66% at the school.

Fresno City 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	22,609
Graduation Rate	24%
Number of Faculty	944
Student to Faculty Ratio	25 to 1

Student Population at Fresno City

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 20,435 students enrolled into Fresno City College. By gender, 8,143 male and 12,292 female students are attending the school.

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

Student Population By Gender
Fresno City College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	20,435	8,143	12,292
Full-time	5,579	2,341	3,238
Part-tme	14,856	5,802	9,054

There are 3,648 White (17.85%), 994 Black/African American (4.86%), 12,498 Hispanic (61.16%), 2,374 Asian (11.62%), and 13,383 students with other races attending Fresno City College. 5 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Fresno City College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	20,435	8,143	12,292
American Indian/Native American	108	32	76
Asian	2,374	1,003	1,371
Black/African American	994	412	582
Hispanic	12,498	4,717	7,781
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	36	15	21
White	3,648	1,617	2,031
Two More	619	258	361
Un-Known	153	86	67
Non-resident Alien	5	3	2

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

14,245 students (69.71% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 3,793 students (18.56% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Fresno City College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Fresno City College
	Number of Students
Total	20,435
Enrolled Online Exclusively	14,245
Enrolled Some Online Courses	3,793
Not in Online Courses	2,397

By age range, at Fresno City College, 6,047 students are aged 20 to 24 (29.59% of total students), 7,103 students are aged below 20 (34.76%), 486 students are aged above 50 (4.29%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Fresno City College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	20,435	8,143	12,292
Under 18	2,192	943	1,249
Age 18-19	4,911	2,111	2,800
Age 20-21	3,258	1,410	1,848
Age 22-24	2,789	1,129	1,660
Age 25-29	2,817	1,012	1,805
Age 30-34	1,845	622	1,223
Age 35-39	1,094	377	717
Age 40-49	1,043	359	684
Age 50-64	438	160	278
Over 64	48	20	28

Directory and Accreditation Information

Fresno City 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 Fresno City College.

1101 E. University Ave, Fresno, CA

559-442-8200

School Website

Admission Page

Financial Aid Information

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Directory and Accreditation Information

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