About
Butte College is a public community college located in Oroville, California. While the founding year is not explicitly mentioned, the college is part of the Butte-Glenn Community College District and offers a diverse range of academic programs, including career and technical education.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 35.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 121 Title IV programs, 12 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 2 fail. 107 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing12 · 9.9%
- No Data107 · 88.4%
- Failing2 · 1.7%
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.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
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.
Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
Action history · 4
- Jan 2024Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
- Jun 2022Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
- Oct 2019Grant Substantive Change: ProgramAccrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
- Jun 2015Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
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, 5,101 students received $23.6M in Pell grants, alongside $2.9M 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 589 borrowers who entered repayment, 30 (5.0%) 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 Butte College
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 · 8
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
- On campus1
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.
Butte College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Butte College 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectButte College | 45% | — | 10,968 | $4,632 | Community College |
Bakersfield College | 50% | — | 30,746 | $4,751 | Baccalaureate |
Cabrillo College | — | — | 9,457 | $13,328 | Community College |
Chabot College | — | — | 12,842 | $4,616 | Community College |
City College of San Francisco | — | — | 19,267 | $7,272 | Community College |
College of Marin | — | — | 4,838 | $15,517 | Community College |
College of the Redwoods | — | — | 4,706 | $3,214 | Community College |
College of the Sequoias | — | — | 14,494 | $29 | Community College |
College of the Siskiyous | — | — | 1,575 | $7,241 | Community College |
Contra Costa College | — | — | 6,538 | $6,522 | Community College |
Folsom Lake College | — | — | 11,098 | $3,661 | Community College |
Fresno City College | — | — | 28,071 | $1,699 | Community College |
Lake Tahoe Community College | — | — | 4,040 | $10,975 | Community College |
Las Positas College | — | — | 8,103 | $4,175 | Community College |
Lassen Community College | — | — | 2,038 | $7,677 | Community College |
Mendocino College | — | — | 4,225 | $7,500 | Community College |
Merced College | — | — | 12,472 | $4,260 | Community College |
Modesto Junior College | 0% | — | 18,258 | $10,176 | Baccalaureate |
Napa Valley College | — | — | 4,844 | $14,046 | Community College |
Ohlone College | — | — | 9,061 | $14,130 | Community College |
Sacramento City College | — | — | 19,920 | $3,974 | Community College |
Shasta College | — | — | 9,073 | $3,743 | Baccalaureate |
Sierra College | — | — | 19,125 | $4,462 | Community College |
Taft College | — | — | 4,464 | $2,699 | Community College |
Yuba College | — | — | 6,320 | $3,573 | Community College |
| Peer group median | 45% | — | 9,073 | $4,632 |
Butte College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
This page is dedicated to providing publications, reports, and data visualizations for campus-wide efforts and Planning, Research, and Organizational Development (PROD).
Visit IR office page- Brian Murphy
Reports & documents (3)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- DashboardDashboardbutte.edu
- Data dictionaryProgram Data - Planning & Information - Butte College2023This data dictionary provides a summary of program data from Butte College's management information system (MIS). Designed to support informed dialogue about programs and disciplines, it delivers concise, accessible information for department chairs and coordinators. Reports use fall semester data focusing on several areas: demographics, department/program success, retention, efficiency, degrees and certificates awarded, number of courses offered, student success, faculty demographics, faculty load, and SURE report data.butte.edu
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
Notable alumni of Butte College (5)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Damien Borel
- Chad Folk
- Paul HendersonBasketball
- Brian Ramsay
- Rocky Smith
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