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Butte College Overview

Located in Oroville, California, Butte College is a public institution. Butte College is located in the countryside, which is perfect for students who enjoy a rural lifestyle.

What Is Butte College Known For?

2,473 Undergraduate Awards
  • The undergraduate certificate is the highest award offered at Butte College.
  • In a recent academic period33% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Butte College makes roughly $41,810 a year. This is 2% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is Butte College?

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Contact details for Butte College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 3536 Butte Campus Drive, Oroville, CA 95965-8399
Phone: 530-895-2511
Website: www.butte.edu

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How Do I Get Into Butte College?

You can apply to Butte College online at: www.butte.edu/services/admissions/apply.html

Butte College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Butte College?

1% Take Out Loans

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Butte College, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $5,485 a year. That adds up to $21,940 over four years for those students.

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Butte College Undergraduate Student Diversity

3,933 Full-Time Undergraduates
56% Women
46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 9,335 undergraduate students at Butte College, with 3,933 being full-time and 5,402 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 3,933 full-time undergraduates at Butte College, 44% are male and 56% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Butte College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 254
Black or African American 60
Hispanic or Latino 1,205
White 1,989
International Students 69
Other Races/Ethnicities 356

Over 45 countries are represented at Butte College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Japan, Brazil, and India.

Butte College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Associate’s Undergraduate Certificate TOTAL
General Social Sciences 0 316 0 316
Criminal Justice & Corrections 3 70 125 198
Allied Health Professions 137 21 16 174
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 100 27 27 154
Precision Metal Working 104 7 32 143
Human Development & Family Studies 95 38 0 133
Nursing 0 116 0 116
Fire Protection 85 24 0 109
Business Administration & Management 5 93 9 107
General Psychology 0 107 0 107
Cosmetology 87 11 0 98
Accounting 43 12 0 55
Health & Medical Administrative Services 44 10 0 54
Industrial Production Technology 36 0 11 47
Special Education 10 28 0 38
Ground Transportation 0 0 37 37
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair 0 8 25 33
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 17 14 0 31
Environmental Control Technology 29 0 0 29
Health & Physical Education 0 29 0 29
Agricultural Economics & Business 3 25 0 28
Communication & Media Studies 0 25 0 25
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 25 0 25
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 19 3 0 22
Fine & Studio Arts 1 19 0 20
General English Literature 0 19 0 19
Computer Science 0 17 0 17
Mathematics 0 16 0 16
Computer Information Systems 5 10 0 15
Health Sciences & Services 5 10 0 15
General Biology 0 14 0 14
Business Support & Assistant Services 10 3 0 13
Design & Applied Arts 0 12 0 12
Agricultural Production 0 11 0 11
General Engineering Technology 5 6 0 11
English Literature (Other) 0 11 0 11
Physics 0 11 0 11
Economics 0 11 0 11
Sociology 0 11 0 11
Graphic Communications 5 5 0 10
General Sales & Marketing 5 4 0 9
Anthropology 0 9 0 9
Information Technology 7 1 0 8
Building Management & Inspection 5 2 1 8
Taxation 7 0 0 7
History 0 7 0 7
Chemistry 0 7 0 7
General Visual & Performing Arts 0 7 0 7
Agricultural Mechanization 4 2 0 6
Horticulture 2 3 1 6
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 6 0 6
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 6 0 6
Wildlife Management 6 0 0 6
Journalism 0 5 0 5
Audiovisual Communications 1 4 0 5
Romance Languages 0 5 0 5
Legal Support Services 4 1 0 5
Natural Resources Conservation 1 4 0 5
Political Science & Government 0 5 0 5
Real Estate 1 3 0 4
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 4 0 0 4
Textile & Apparel Studies 2 1 0 3
Recreation Administration 3 0 0 3
Geography & Cartography 0 3 0 3
General Engineering 0 2 0 2
Mental & Social Health Services 0 1 0 1
Forestry 1 0 0 1
Philosophy 0 1 0 1
General Physical Sciences 0 1 0 1
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 1 0 1
Drama & Theater Arts 0 1 0 1
Music 0 1 0 1
General Agriculture 0 0 0 0
Plant Sciences 0 0 0 0
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 0 0 0 0
Data Entry 0 0 0 0
Teaching Assistants 0 0 0 0
Ethnic Studies 0 0 0 0
International Relations & National Security 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 901 1,288 284 2,473

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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