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Berkeley City College

Community collegePublicBerkeley, CAwww.berkeleycitycollege.edu ↗

Berkeley City College is a public community college in Berkeley, CA, with about 2,915 students on campus and 3,632 more studying only online. the average family on aid pays $9,096 a year, and 36% of students graduate.

Students on campus
2,915
6,547 undergrad · 3,632 online only
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$9,096
costs less than 93% of 4-year colleges
Graduation rate
36%
higher than 17% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$41,217
higher than 51% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Berkeley City College?

Openanyone with a diploma can enroll
No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Berkeley City College is likely test-optional.
What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $18,845 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $9,898
Tuition & fees (in state) $1,258Books & supplies $1,492Other costs $16,095

What families on aid pay, by income

Average net price a year after grants and scholarships
Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Who goes there

The students

Undergraduates by race and ethnicity

4,456 degree-seeking undergrads
White 22%Hispanic 29%Black 17%Asian 18%Two or more 8%International 1%

Women and men

undergraduates
Women 57%Men 43%
33 : 1students per teacher
13%get Pell grants (lower income)
35%undergrads 25 or older
80%study part time
Majors

The biggest programs, and what they pay

Associate degree programs with the most graduates, and their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year later where that’s all that’s reported).

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities90 graduates a year
—not reported
Business Administration, Management and Operations39 graduates a year
—not reported
Psychology, General32 graduates a year
—not reported
Economics28 graduates a year
—not reported
Sociology20 graduates a year
—not reported
Political Science and Government16 graduates a year
—not reported
Fine and Studio Arts13 graduates a year
—not reported
Mathematics12 graduates a year
—not reported
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
36%
within 3 years · Pell students 44%
Come back for year two
63%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$41,217
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
—

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college
38%of borrowers had paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 34% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years of starting repayment (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

The town around it

Living in Berkeley

27% of Berkeley’s 120,257 residents are enrolled in college. Here is what the town is like, from TownTapestry’s Berkeley pages.

$2,133/momedian rent · 5% above the stateHousing in Berkeley → $1,413,900median home value · 92% above the stateHousing in Berkeley → 43° / 74°January low / July highClimate in Berkeley →

Other colleges within 30 miles

California Jazz Conservatory 0.1 miInstitute of Buddhist Studies 0.3 miAcupuncture and Integrative Medicine College-Berkeley 0.5 miUniversity of California-Berkeley 0.5 mi Graduate Theological Union 0.6 miPacific School of Religion 0.6 miChurch Divinity School of the Pacific 0.7 miBerkeley School of Theology 0.8 mi

Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings are for students who received federal aid.

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