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Butte College

3536 Butte Campus Drive, Oroville, CA 95965 · Public 2-year · (530) 895-2511 · School website

Average net price

$5,520

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

643

2023-24, IPEDS

Finish on time

45.3%

within 150% of normal time, Scorecard

Students with Pell

34.8%

share of undergraduates, Scorecard

Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Credit for military training (IPEDS) Open admission (IPEDS) On California's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025)

Career programs at Butte College

Butte College reported 643 certificate and associate completions in 12 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in welding (177). College Scorecard counts 8,890 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr	Funding and results
Welding	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	177	Not published
EMT and paramedic	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	151	Not published	WIOA list
CNA	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	130	Not published	State CNA list
Cosmetology	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	110	Not published	WIOA list
HVAC	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	25	Not published
Automotive	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	24	Not published	WIOA list
IT support	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	11	Not published	WIOA list
Diesel	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	6	Not published
Billing and coding	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	6	Not published	WIOA list
Home health aide	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	2	Not published
LPN/LVN	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	1	Not published	WIOA list
Cybersecurity	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	0	Not published

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at Butte College

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $1,356
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $1,356
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS: $9,276
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $1,270
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $5,520
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs: $10,500
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $41,810

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

Butte College net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)
Veterans and military page (link from IPEDS)

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.

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