by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Butte College was awarded 245 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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College Factual ranked Butte College as #1,226 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.
Butte College is also ranked #131 out of 168 schools in California.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Butte College since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Butte College, this rate is 21 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Butte College is 32%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Butte College is 64%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 9,335 undergraduates at Butte College with 3,933 being full-time and 5,402 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,170 | $6,059 | $9,372 | $11,245 | $12,134 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Butte College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 2% of students took out student loans averaging $5,889 a year. That adds up to $23,556 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Butte College is 12.4%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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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/ |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 7,637 students took at least one online class at Butte College. This is an increase from the 3,077 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 7,637 | 4,434 |
| 2019-2020 | 3,077 | 516 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,393 | 1,035 |
| 2017-2018 | 3,012 | 889 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,473 | 655 |
Footnotes
*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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