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Berkeley City College

Berkeley, CA3,632 online only

Berkeley City College is a public community college in Berkeley, CA, with about 2,915 students on campus and 3,632 more studying only online. Price, graduation and earnings figures on this page count online students too.

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Students on campus
2,915
plus 3,632 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$9,096
tuition and fees $1,258; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
36%
lower than at 83% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$41,217
higher than at 51% of U.S. colleges
In brief

The short version on Berkeley City College

Most of Berkeley City College’s students study online

About 3,632 students take classes only online, against 2,915 on campus. Price, graduation and earnings figures on this page count online students too, so they describe the online college as much as the campus. The students ↓

Most students study part-time

80% of undergraduates attend part-time. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students, so it covers a minority of the people studying here. The students ↓

Students are a big part of Berkeley

27% of Berkeley’s 121,911 residents are enrolled in college. Living in Berkeley ↓

Berkeley City College is mostly about liberal arts

52% of the degrees Berkeley City College awards are in liberal arts; the next biggest field, social sciences, is 9%. Majors ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; price, graduation and earnings include online students; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students.

★ What stands out · Who goes there

The students

4,456 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 22%Hispanic 29%Black 17%Asian 18%Two or more 8%International 1%

Women and men

Women 57%Men 43%
33 : 1
students per teacher
13%
get Pell grants (lower income)
1%
take federal loans
35%
undergrads 25 or older
80%
study part time
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Berkeley City College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Berkeley City College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $18,845 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $9,898

Tuition & fees (in state) $1,258Books & supplies $1,492Other costs $16,095

After grants, the average family on aid pays $9,096.

Tuition and fees are $1,258 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$12,123

About $24,246 over 2 years · 36% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
36%
within 3 years · Pell students 44%
Come back for year two
63%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$41,217
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
—

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

38%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 34% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Liberal arts 52%Social sciences 9%Business 7%Psychology 5%Education 5%Math & statistics 4%Everything else 18%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities90 graduates a year
—not reported
Business Administration, Management and Operations39 graduates a year
—not reported
Psychology, General32 graduates a year
—not reported
Economics28 graduates a year
—not reported
Sociology20 graduates a year
—not reported
Political Science and Government16 graduates a year
—not reported
Fine and Studio Arts13 graduates a year
—not reported
Mathematics12 graduates a year
—not reported
The town around it

Living in Berkeley

27% of Berkeley’s 121,911 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Berkeley pages.

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Nearby

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Straight-line distances from Berkeley City College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

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0.6 mi128 students
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3.4 mi1,516 students
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4.4 mi122 students
Lincoln UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Oakland
4.5 mi474 students

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.