Public · Chico, California

Butte County Regional Occupational Program

Butte County Regional Occupational Program is a public institution in Chico, California. as a public institution, published Scorecard outcomes are the federal Title-IV cohort view of former students — not every graduate and not a guarantee for any one enrollee.

$15,737
Avg net price / yr
79.5%
150%-time completion
City: Midsize
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Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.

How to read this Butte County Regional Occupational Program profile

Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class, and locale, not an editorial shortlist.

Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.

Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.

College Value Score

B
College Value Score
70/100
Butte County Regional Occupational Program

A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.

Earnings N/A
N/A
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price C
$15,737
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate A-
79.5%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Butte County Regional Occupational Program vs. the national benchmark
EarningsNet PriceCompletionDebtRepaymentRetention

Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.

10-yr median earnings

Not reported

Federal aid recipients only

Avg net price

$15,737

After grants and scholarships

150%-time completion

79.5%

Full-time, first-time cohort

150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 79.5%

Less-than-four-year-institution cohort

College ROI Quadrant - Butte County Regional Occupational Program vs peers

Butte County Regional Occupational Program positioned by earnings vs cost Two-by-two quadrant chart: x-axis median earnings 10 years after enrollment, y-axis average net price after financial aid. Each dot is a college, colored by completion within 150% of normal time (garnet ≥65%, amber 45-64%, red <45%). Net price increases upward, earnings increase rightward, so: bottom-right = best value (low cost, high earnings); top-right = premium (high cost, high earnings); bottom-left = community college tier (low cost, modest earnings); top-left = cost challenge (high cost, low earnings). Currently plotting 5 colleges. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard joined to Carnegie Classification. Butte County Regional Occupational Program positioned by earnings vs cost COST CHALLENGE PREMIUM COMMUNITY BEST VALUE $30K $67K Median Earnings 10 Years After Enrollment ($) $5K $17K Avg Net Price ($) Sutter County Career Training Center: $35K earn · $16K net · 69% grad Sutter County Care… Pomona Unified School District Adult and Career Education: $35K earn · $6K net · 84% grad Pomona Unified Sch… Ventura Adult and Continuing Education: $38K earn · $10K net · 97% grad Ventura Adult and … California State University-Chico: $64K earn · $14K net · 63% grad California State U… Butte College: $42K earn · $6K net · 38% grad Butte College Grad rate (4yr) ≥65% 45-64% <45%
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard + Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.

Quick Facts

41
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
79.5%
150%-time completion
-
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention

How Butte County Regional Occupational Program ranks in California

State rank among 493 reporting California colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.

Metric Butte County Regional Occupational Program State rank Percentile
Average net price $15,737 #190 of 495 62nd (lower is better)
150%-time completion 79.5% #104 of 483 78th
Undergraduate enrollment 41 #523 of 553 5th

Highest former-student earnings in California

#School10-yr earningsNet price
1Samuel Merritt University$143,238-
2Harvey Mudd College$138,687$35,924
3California Institute of Technology$128,566$16,075
4Stanford University$124,080$13,807
5Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health$115,318-
6Gnomon$114,785$51,949
7Santa Clara University$109,183$50,062
8Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University$109,183-
9Touro University California$104,805-
10Claremont McKenna College$104,736$28,849
11West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County$102,672$32,879
12West Coast University-Ontario$102,672$49,590

Costs & Financial Aid

Tuition & Net Price

Average Net Price $15,737

Net Price by Family Income

$0 – $30,000 $15,261
$30,001 – $48,000 $17,166
48.5%
Pell Grant Rate
10.3%
Federal Loan Rate

Net price at Butte County Regional Occupational Program swings rather than trends

Across 5 reported years between 2019 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $4,357 to $16,915 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as -74.2%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.

Lowest year
$4,357
Highest year
$16,915
Most recent (2023)
$4,357
Average net price, 2019–2023

5 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.

2019: $16,9152020: $4,5462021: $10,6352022: $13,3652023: $4,357
2019 · $16,9152023 · $4,357

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2019–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.

Student Demographics

Race & ethnicity

Student body at a glance

Outcomes

Outcomes & debt snapshot

Measure Cohort / horizon Value
Completion within 150% of normal time First-time, full-time 79.5%

Programs & Earnings

Program Credential Completers Median Earnings Median Debt
Health and Medical Administrative Services Certificate - $44,862 -
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions Certificate 15 $33,691 -
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians Certificate 15 $29,395 -
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services Certificate 13 - -

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does Butte County Regional Occupational Program cost?
The average net price at Butte County Regional Occupational Program is $15,737..
What is the graduation rate at Butte County Regional Occupational Program?
Butte County Regional Occupational Program has a 79.5% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.

Sources & methodology

Public-college profiles lean on IPEDS enrollment and Scorecard Title-IV outcomes. State appropriations are outside this page; the figures below are the federal cohort measures only.

Every number is read live from the Mar–Jul 2026 Scorecard/IPEDS retrievals. Public institutions often enroll large Title-IV cohorts, so medians can be stable — still cohort averages, never a personal forecast. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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