by our College Data Analytics TeamMany students will not be asked to pay the advertised price of a school. Instead, they will be provided a financial aid package that will include a combination of scholarships, grants, loans, and work-study. The sum total of attendance at Bakersfield College can sound overpowering, but remember that the majority of students get some type of financial assistance.
What financing options does Bakersfield College offer you, and what will you qualify for? Keep scrolling for more information. Scroll down to find out what amount of financial assistance will be accessible to you.
The amount of financial aid and scholarships you are eligible for will vary depending on your family’s income. Continue reading to find information to help you understand just how much assistance you can expect to receive from Bakersfield College.
Financial assistance, available as scholarships, loans, and work-study, is a way schools lower the price of attendance so many students can enroll. Some kinds of aid are clearly preferable to others, and outcomes differ across students.
Among first-time, full-time freshmen at Bakersfield College, 85% of new full-time first-years were awarded at least some aid roughly 506 incoming students).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 85% | $5,940 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 2% | $631 |
| Federal Pell grants | 65% | $5,456 |
| State/local grants | 84% | $1,638 |
| Federal student loans | 2% | $6,357 |
The best aid is gift aid: grants and scholarships that carry no repayment obligation. Across the undergraduate body at Bakersfield College, about 53% of undergraduate students received gift aid averaging $4,975 (across approximately 16065 recipients).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 53% | $4,975 |
| Federal Pell grants | 30% | $4,613 |
| Federal student loans | 1% | $7,178 |
For students living on campus and receiving title-IV aid, grants averaged $7,397.
The figures below show the average net price — cost after all grant and scholarship aid — broken out by family income.
| Family Income | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| $0 – $48,000 | $4,164 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $5,290 |
| Over $75,000 | $10,315 |
These figures reflect what title-IV aid recipients pay after grant and scholarship aid is applied.
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships are subtracted from the published cost of attendance — the figure closest to what a typical aid-receiving student actually pays.
| Cohort | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| On-campus title-IV students | $14,621 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $4,751 |
For an estimate tailored to your family circumstances, see Bakersfield College’s net price calculator: misweb.cccco.edu/npc/521/npcalc.htm.
A typical borrower at Bakersfield College leaves with $9,500 of cumulative federal debt.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $9,500 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $8,312 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $88.12/mo |
Under a standard ten-year plan, the median graduate’s monthly payment lands near the figure above.
The numbers below show the full range, not just the middle of the distribution. The percentiles below describe the cumulative federal debt distribution for borrowers at Bakersfield College.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $1,872 |
| 25th percentile | $3,274 |
| 75th percentile | $13,250 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $22,046 |
Debt outcomes are not uniform — they shift with income, first-generation status, and dependency.
Debt by Income Tier
| Income tier | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Low income | $9,500 |
| Middle income | $8,833 |
| High income | $5,500 |
First-Generation Comparison
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $9,500 |
| Continuing-generation students | $8,637 |
Dependency-Status Comparison
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $5,250 |
| Independent students | $10,500 |
Federal data publishes pre-calculated indicators that summarize debt outcomes. Bakersfield College.
Stafford loans are the federal government’s primary direct undergraduate lending program. The annual Stafford volume below reflects program activity at Bakersfield College:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 4667 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $57,650,800 |
The GI Bill and DoD Tuition Assistance are the main federal aid routes for veterans and service members.
Post-9/11 GI Bill recipients
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| GI Bill recipients | 0 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $0 |
DoD program volume
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| DoD Tuition Assistance recipients | 0 |
| Total DoD amount | $0 |
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