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Community college · Public

Butte College

Butte Valley, CA2,722 online only

Butte College is a public community college in Butte Valley, CA, with about 7,489 students on campus and 2,722 more studying only online.

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Students on campus
7,489
plus 2,722 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$5,520
tuition and fees $1,356; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
45%
lower than at 73% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$41,810
higher than at 53% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Butte College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

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

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $15,509 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $9,276

Tuition & fees (in state) $1,356Books & supplies $1,270Other costs $12,883

After grants, the average family on aid pays $5,520.

Tuition and fees are $1,356 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

$6,503

About $13,006 over 2 years · 58% off the sticker price

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

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
45%
within 3 years · Pell students 40%
Come back for year two
68%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$41,810
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$10,500
about $111 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

4%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$111 a month against about $2,809 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

34%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 26% 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).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$40k
Middle income$30–75k
$48k
Higher incomeover $75k
$65k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Health professions 25%Social sciences 14%Public safety 12%Business 9%Culinary & personal services 4%Psychology 4%Everything else 32%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

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

Social Sciences, General316 graduates a year · typical debt $7,500
$41k4 yrs out
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing116 graduates a year · typical debt $12,000
$107k4 yrs out
Psychology, General107 graduates a year
$41k4 yrs out
Business Administration, Management and Operations93 graduates a year
$49k4 yrs out
Criminal Justice and Corrections70 graduates a year
$47k4 yrs out
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services38 graduates a year
$35k4 yrs out
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness29 graduates a year
—not reported
Special Education and Teaching28 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

8,890 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 46%Hispanic 35%Black 3%Asian 5%Two or more 6%International 1%

Women and men

Women 57%Men 43%
21 : 1
students per teacher
35%
get Pell grants (lower income)
3%
take federal loans
28%
undergrads 25 or older
44%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Butte Valley

2% of Butte Valley’s 1,087 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Butte Valley pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

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

California State University-ChicoUniversity or college · Public · Chico
12 mi12,379 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.