Berkeley City College Data & Information Overview

Find out more about how Berkeley City College ranks, how diverse it is, what majors it offers, and other essential facts below. Want to know more about a specific stat? Just click on its tile, and you’ll go to a page that goes more in-depth on that subject. You can also use the links below to go directly to any section on this page.

• Rankings
• Admission and Acceptance
• Faculty
• Retention and Graduation Rates
• Diversity
• Cost
• Student Debt
• Average Earnings
• Location
• Majors
• Online Learning

How Well Is Berkeley City College Ranked?

2023 Rankings

Overall Quality

Berkeley City College was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.

Is It Hard to Get Into Berkeley City College?

Acceptance Rate

If you are worried about getting into Berkeley City College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.

Learn more about Berkeley City College admissions.

Berkeley City College Faculty

Student to Faculty Ratio

At Berkeley City College, the student to faculty ratio is 35 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Berkeley City College is 27%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Retention and Graduation Rates at Berkeley City College

Freshmen Retention Rate

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 Berkeley City College is 66%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

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Berkeley City College Undergraduate Student Diversity

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,097 undergraduates at Berkeley City College with 1,112 being full-time and 4,985 being part-time.

How Much Does Berkeley City College Cost?

The overall average net price of Berkeley City College is $7,145. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

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 Berkeley City College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Berkeley City College, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $7,956 a year. That adds up to $31,824 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Berkeley City College is 9.7%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

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How Much Money Do Berkeley City College Graduates Make?

Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Berkeley City College make around $34,662 per year during the early years of their employment. Unfortunately, this is 18% less that the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, graduates in your major field may make more.

See which majors at Berkeley City College make the most money.

Location of Berkeley City College

Berkeley City College is a public institution situated in Berkeley, California. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

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Contact details for Berkeley City College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2050 Center Sreet, Berkeley, CA 94704
Phone:	510-981-2800
Website:	www.berkeleycitycollege.edu/wp/

Berkeley City College Majors

Learn more about the majors offered at Berkeley City College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Berkeley City College

Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.

In 2019-2020, 2,177 students took at least one online class at Berkeley City College. This is an increase from the 1,754 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year	Took at Least One Online Class	Took All Classes Online
2019-2020	2,177	1,119
2018-2019	1,754	966
2017-2018	1,673	728
2016-2017	1,330	546
2015-2016	1,694	633

Learn more about online learning at Berkeley City College.

Notes and References

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.

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• College Scorecard
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

More about our data sources and methodologies.