About
Butler County Community College (BC3) is a public community college in Butler Township, Pennsylvania. It also offers courses in Cranberry Township, as well as in Lawrence, Mercer, and Jefferson counties. Over 100,000 students have attended.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 72 Title IV programs, 8 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 64 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing8 · 11.1%
- No Data64 · 88.9%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Programmatic accreditations · 2
Action history · 6
- Jun 2025Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Sep 2023Renewal of AccreditationAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
- Nov 2021Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Physical Therapy Association, Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education · Physical Therapy (PTA) - Programs for the physical therapist assistant
- Sep 2019Renewal of AccreditationAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
- Jul 2018Grant Substantive Change: OtherAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 945 students received $4.4M in Pell grants, alongside $1.7M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 483 borrowers who entered repayment, 19 (3.9%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at BCCC
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 4
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
BCCC vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions BCCC selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectButler County Community College | 37% | — | 2,317 | $6,075 | Community College |
Bucks County Community College | — | — | 6,232 | $7,561 | Community College |
Carroll Community College | — | — | 3,337 | $3,917 | Community College |
Clark State College | — | — | 5,077 | $8,615 | Community College |
Community College of Allegheny County | — | — | 10,609 | $8,166 | Community College |
Community College of Beaver County | — | — | 1,936 | $6,980 | Community College |
Community College of Philadelphia | — | — | 12,926 | $13,306 | Community College |
Delaware County Community College | — | — | 7,402 | $7,395 | Community College |
Eastern Gateway Community College | — | — | — | $4,181 | Community College |
Frederick Community College | — | — | 7,293 | $2,801 | Community College |
Hagerstown Community College | — | — | 5,085 | $7,672 | Community College |
Harrisburg Area Community College | — | — | 12,585 | $12,117 | Community College |
Jamestown Community College | — | — | 4,054 | $9,507 | Community College |
Lehigh Carbon Community College | — | — | 6,221 | $9,568 | Community College |
Luzerne County Community College | — | — | 4,460 | $10,228 | Community College |
Montgomery County Community College | — | — | 9,278 | $9,930 | Community College |
Northampton County Area Community College | — | — | 8,810 | $10,666 | Community College |
Pennsylvania Highlands Community College | — | — | 2,501 | $7,454 | Community College |
Reading Area Community College | — | — | 5,369 | $8,039 | Community College |
Southern State Community College | — | — | 2,227 | $10,918 | Community College |
Stark State College | — | — | 10,128 | $6,693 | Community College |
Westmoreland County Community College | — | — | 3,990 | $6,356 | Community College |
| Peer group median | 37% | — | 5,369 | $7,856 |
BCCC Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
- Dr. Sharla AnkeDean of Institutional Effectiveness
- Cassie SchrecengostInstitutional Effectiveness Secretary
Reports & documents (2)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- Strategic plan2022-2027 Strategic Plan: Continuing on the Path2022Butler County Community College's 2022-2027 Strategic Plan, titled 'Continuing on the Path,' focuses on four primary pathways: Students, Communities, Resources, and Excellence. The plan outlines strategic objectives aimed at improving student success, fostering community engagement, optimizing resources, and providing enhancement opportunities for both the college and its employees. Through these pathways, the college seeks to deliver quality, affordable education while maintaining fiscal responsibility and improving infrastructure and technology.bc3.edu
Grants & funding (1)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
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