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Overview
Butte County Regional Occupational Program is in a small city with fewer than 100,000 residents. It is in the Chico CA area.
Highlights
Undergraduate program with the highest reported starting salary ($31K): Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
Largest undergraduate program (26): Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist
Institutional Control
Butte County Regional Occupational Program is a public organization.
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Accreditation
Accreditation provides important oversight over a school's instructional practices and institutional stability.
Butte County Regional Occupational Program holds an accreditation from one of the national accreditors. Credits earned from the national accreditors are often not accepted by schools holding the more prestigious regional accreditation, and it's important to verify that your credits will transfer if you are considering an eventual switch to another school.
Accreditation History
Council on Occupational Education (Accredited February 20, 2012 - present)
- The accreditation was recently renewed on June 4, 2020.
- The next accreditation review was scheduled for December 31, 2025.
Undergraduate Students
Not all students attend their first college full time to completion. While some schools are focused on those that population, many schools focus on transfer and or part time students. What types of of student does this school support.
Admissions
Open Admissions
Butte County Regional Occupational Program is an open admissions school and accepts any student who applies.
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Admissions Details
Here are some important dates and little tidbits. Please double-check this information on the Butte County Regional Occupational Program's webpage for the most up-to-date and accurate answers! We update this information with each school's annual reporting, but information can change unexpectedly. Select any item to view the details.
Admissions Criteria & Qualifications
Application Fee & Common App
Credits accepted from new students
Programs
Butte County Regional Occupational Program program offerings
What award level are you pursuing?
0-1 Year Certificate
Select a degree to see the details, or use the sankey below to explore the options.
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Health Support
Costs
Current Program Costs
Schools report total costs for (up to) their six largest career-oriented programs. You can explore the costs by selecting the "+" symbol for programs that interest you. The average months to complete apply to full-time students. Additionally, if program length is reported in contact hours, then the time literally represents time with an instructor. Alternatively, credit hours approximate instructional time, but are not inclusive of total time spent by students in learning.
The cost details offer you comparisons to the costs of similar programs available in your context group. However, schools offering similar programs often have slightly different times to complete, and therefore we have grouped all programs that are 6 or fewer months, over 6 to 12 months, over 12 to 18 months, and more than 18 months. You can find the other schools offering this program using our school explorer.
You will find the most up-to-date information at this school's website for admissions.
Dental Assisting/Assistant (9 Months)
This program is Butte County Regional Occupational Program's 1st largest program. On average, students take 9 months of full-time study to complete the required 980 contact hours. This program is being compared to all Dental Assisting/Assistant certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than 6 months and up to a full year to complete.
Expense type
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Amount
$1,250
$6,950
Context: costs of similar programs
Medical/Clinical Assistant (8 Months)
This program is Butte County Regional Occupational Program's 4th largest program. On average, students take 8 months of full-time study to complete the required 680 contact hours. This program is being compared to all Medical/Clinical Assistant certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than 6 months and up to a full year to complete.
Expense type
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Amount
$325
$4,150
Context: costs of similar programs
Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist (3 Months)
This program is Butte County Regional Occupational Program's 3rd largest program. On average, students take 3 months of full-time study to complete the required 106 contact hours. This program is being compared to all Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist certificate programs within the context schools that take 6 months or fewer to complete.
Expense type
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Amount
$455
$2,250
Context: costs of similar programs
Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant (7 Months)
This program is Butte County Regional Occupational Program's 2nd largest program. On average, students take 7 months of full-time study to complete the required 600 contact hours. This program is being compared to all Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than 6 months and up to a full year to complete.
Expense type
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Amount
$250
$2,650
Context: costs of similar programs
Area living cost estimates
The following cost of living estimates apply to this school's largest program and should reflect the cost for an academic year. We would expect that these costs of living estimates would be uniform across programs, and we additionally recommend that you double-check the estimates through a different source. We found that schools have wildly different estimates of living expenses within the same areas.
Expense type
Miscellaneous costs when living off campus with family
Miscellaneous costs when living off campus without family
Off-campus room and board
Amount
$2,618
$2,618
$9,962
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Historic Costs by Program
You can explore the programs and corresponding lengths and costs offered over the past ten years using the drop-down menu below the graph. The programs only appear if they were one of the six largest programs offered that year. All dollar amounts have been adjusted for inflation.
Program and length
Dental Assisting/Assistant (9 months)
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
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Net price: the best estimate for the cost to attend
Most schools publish tuition rates that give them room to offer both scholarships and financial aid where applicable. Your best estimate of what might pay is to see what others with similar family incomes have paid. A more tailored and accurate estimate is available at this school's net price calculator.
Understanding net price
With their net price calculators, many colleges and universities give an idea of what merit-based aid might accompany need-based aid. For schools that share such data, we also provide financial aid data in the Finanical Aid sections.
There are some caveats to consider when using the net price estimates:
- The net price calculation is weighted by this school's proportion of students living on- and off-campus and this school's estimate of off-campus costs, which may cause the net price methodology be a bit inconsistent from school to school.
- Parental income and student financial aid eligibility is sometimes more complicated than the simple family income number reported here.
- The net price calculation for all students is inclusive of students who received any institutional or government aid, but at the family income levels the net price only considers the tuition paid by those who qualified for federal aid.
You can get a little better guess at what you would pay by using this school's net price calculator.
Percentage of students receiving any aid
The donut, based on 15 full-time first-time degree seeking students at Butte County Regional Occupational Program, shows the percentage of those who received any financial aid (including merit-based scholarships), subdivided by family income.
Aid type and family income
Federal: $0-30K
Federal: $30K-48K
Federal: $48K-75K
Federal: $75K-110K
Federal: Above $110K
Only institutional
Net price by family income
All Incomes
Let's look over the past few years at what in-state freshmen who received any financial aid actually paid for tuition, fees, books, and living expenses on average, and how that compares to the in-state tuition usually paid for other public universities in your context group.
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Outcomes
Graduation Rate
Approximately 86% of undergraduate students are full-time. In the last reporting year, 91% of full-time first-time students received a degree within 150% of the expected time for completion.
Time to complete
On time
50% more time
Context: Graduation rate
These numbers reflect the percentage of full-time first-time students who graduate with a 2-year degree or certificate within 3 years.
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Context and trends: Repayment Rate
How much progress do you think you'll be able to make towards paying down your college loans seven years after leaving school? In our research, we discovered that a surprisingly large number of students don't default on their loans, but also aren't making progress in paying down their principal amount. The percentages here count alumni who have decreased their loan amounts by at least $1.
Context and trends: are the loan default rates as small as possible?
The default rate is the percentage of students who are already delinquent on their loans within three years of leaving the school. If a school has a high default rate, that sends an alarm out that the students' educations are not sufficient to earn enough to repay those loans. Read below for details on the typical loan burden, and keep in mind that a low default rate may be more important than loan amounts in predicting your future success.
Loan burden
At Butte County Regional Occupational Program, 47% of full-time degree-seeking freshmen receive federal student loans, averaging $4,990 each in just the freshman year. We have much more details about the full loan burden students experience in our Cost and Financial Aid Section.
Context: Percentage of freshmen with federal loans
Context: Average freshman federal loan amount
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Classroom Experience
Student attention at Butte County Regional Occupational Program
Schools are required to report the ratio of students per instructor, but look for a small number of students for every full-time instructor as your best indicator of personal attention and a modern well-integrated curriculum.
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Full-time and long-term instructors at Butte County Regional Occupational Program
Full-time faculty are mostly likely to be on campus and available for interaction, and to craft up-to-date courses and programs. Butte County Regional Occupational Program has 60% full-time instructors, and 60% of the context schools have a lower percentage of full-time faculty. Faculty with multi-year contracts provide additional stability and commitment to the school and its students.Within the full-time instructors at Butte County Regional Occupational Program, none have multi-year employment contracts. Of the context schools, only 31% have instructors with multi-year contracts.
Full-time instructors
Long-term instructors
Housing
Activities and Services
Undergraduate services offered
- Academic/career counseling services
- Placement services for program completers
Student Body
Study Types
About 86% of students are full-time. No students take distance education courses.
Full-time
Online classes
Context: Student body size
Butte County Regional Occupational Program enrolled 90 students over the past academic year. The the student body size is smaller than 86% of the context schools.
Undergraduate student gender
Is the gender balance of Butte County Regional Occupational Program students important to you? You can see the breakdown in this donut chart.
Gender
Men
Women
Undergraduate student race/origin
Butte County Regional Occupational Program reports that 36% of students are minority, which is near the middle of the context schools. Similarly, this school's 0 of international students is near the middle proportion of international students within the context schools.
Race/Origin
White
Black
Hispanic
Asian
American Indian
Multiracial
Not Reported
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Context: Gender Balance
It is very difficult for many types of schools to achieve a gender balance, and this context is valuable in evaluating the balance at Butte County Regional Occupational Program.
Context: Percentage of women
With 95% women students, Butte County Regional Occupational Program has a higher percentage of women than 86% of context schools.
Context: Student race/origin
Here is how Butte County Regional Occupational Program compares to the rest of the context group in terms of diversity in the student race and origin.
Freshman residences
A high proportion of international and out-of-state students speaks to reputation and offers an opportunity for diverse interactions in and out of class.
Freshman residence
In-state
Out-of-state
International
Not Reported
Student age distribution
The age distribution at a school can tell you a lot about its mission. If you're looking for a traditional undergraduate experience, you may prefer to see students who are mostly younger than 25 (lighter shades), but if you want support as a returning student, a large number of students 25 and older (darker shades) may better suit your needs.
Age range
18-19
20-21
22-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
School Finances
Butte County Regional Occupational Program: What its budget can tell you about classroom quality
Where a school spends and collects its money can suggest a lot about the educational experience it offers. The tabs below offer a look at spending that is important for the quality of your experience if you attend.
Instructional spending
Context and trends: Instructional expenditures per student
Instructional expenses are primarily the salary and benefits paid to the heart of a school: its full-time instructors. High expenditures in this area suggest care in hiring enough highly qualified full-time faculty to provide personal attention and up-to-date subject-area excellence.
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Does incoming revenue consistently cover expenses?
Butte County Regional Occupational Program is a public school. Along with private not-for-profit schools, publicly-controlled schools do not have the goal of annual profit, but they do want to have healthy finances with adequate revenue to meet all expenses. On the other hand, private for-profit schools have creating a profit for shareholders as an annual goal.
Total revenue and expenses by category
We divided revenue and expenses for Butte County Regional Occupational Program into categories to give some insight to what may have influenced peaks and ditches in the chart above. The purple shades correspond most directly to student education. The blue shades, auxiliary expenses and revenue, are often related to room and board. We show investment gains and losses in apricot.
Government appropriations etc.
Private and capital gifts
Educational sales revenue
Other revenue
Instructional expenses
Academic support expenses
Institutional support expenses
