CCC Cost Per Credit Hour Report

What Is the Part-Time Cost of Attending Contra Costa College Per Credit Hour?

See current per-credit-hour charges for part-time students at Contra Costa College, alongside the full-time annual tuition and fees for comparison.

Here’s what this page covers:

In-state students taking courses part-time pay $46 a credit hour. Out-of-state part-time enrollment costs $429 per credit hour.

	In-State	Out-of-State
Cost Per Credit Hour	$46	$429

Keep in mind that the per-credit-hour rate is the sticker price and does not factor in any grant aid or scholarships that could lower the cost.

To put the per-credit-hour rate in context, full-time annual tuition and fees at Contra Costa College are shown below.

The fees portion of those annual totals added up to $24 in-state and $24 out-of-state; the balance is base tuition.

These figures are tuition and fees only — they do not include housing and meals.

Here’s how tuition at Contra Costa College has shifted over the past few years.

Most recently, out-of-state tuition climbed 14.6%. If that pace held for another year, tuition + fees would land around $11,821 next year.

Tuition tends to creep up year over year at most schools, so plan for the cost in later years to exceed today’s posted rate.

When planning, assume the rate will rise each year so the back half of the degree doesn’t outrun your funding plan.

The per-credit-hour rate is only one piece of the cost picture — grant aid and scholarships often reduce what students actually pay.

For a breakdown of aid offered at Contra Costa College, head to the Contra Costa College Financial Aid page.

For the standard full-year figures, visit the Contra Costa College Tuition & Fees page.