10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
+$23,990at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Butte College
⌖ Oroville, CA · 25 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
MODELED SCENARIO · Positive payoff
+$23,990 over 10 years
Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.
This is a positive modeled result. Price, time to finish and future earnings can still change the outcome.
8.9 yrsModeled economic break-even
+12%Modeled 10-year ROI
$67,607Observed earnings · year 5
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK
Estimated payoff over ten years.
The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.
FEDERAL COST DATA
Four ways to read college price.
Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE
Institution details
Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.
- Accreditor
- Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
- Main award level
- Associate degrees
- Campus setting
- Rural
- Admissions
- Open admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
$5,520Average net price / year
$15,509Cost of attendance
$10,500Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$111/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$67,607Median earnings · year 5 after completion
45.3%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
8,890Student size
Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
WHAT STANDS OUT
A faster read on this college
These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.
EARNINGS PATH
Reported earnings over time
$68,289Year 1
$51,432Year 4
$67,607Year 5
Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.
The college average is not the whole story.
Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.
1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$107,2022Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$87,6713Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$86,3244Criminal Justice and Corrections · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$82,7085Fire Protection · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$67,2386Precision Metal Working · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$64,8117Fire Protection · Associate's Degree$52,9598Ground Transportation · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$50,381Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Comparable colleges in CA
Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Santa Clara, CA
Mission College
- Annual net price
- $5,080
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $67,384
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +12%
Diablo Valley College
- Annual net price
- $8,312
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $66,209
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -1%
California State University, Fullerton
- Annual net price
- $6,555
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $62,730
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -14%
California State University, Bakersfield
- Annual net price
- $5,652
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $61,597
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -18%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2023–24 awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Associate's Degree | $107,202 | $15,375 | Not reported |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate's Degree | $87,671 | Not available | 0 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $86,324 | Not available | 34 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $82,708 | $15,414 | 200 |
| Fire Protection | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $67,238 | Not available | 21 |
| Precision Metal Working | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $64,811 | Not available | 37 |
| Fire Protection | Associate's Degree | $52,959 | Not available | Not reported |
| Ground Transportation | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $50,381 | Not available | 53 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Associate's Degree | $49,000 | Not available | Not reported |
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $46,909 | Not available | 30 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Associate's Degree | $46,677 | Not available | Not reported |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $45,133 | Not available | 13 |
| Accounting and Related Services | Associate's Degree | $44,786 | Not available | Not reported |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Associate's Degree | $44,183 | Not available | Not reported |
| Accounting and Related Services | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $44,175 | Not available | 7 |
| Psychology, General | Associate's Degree | $41,185 | Not available | Not reported |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | Associate's Degree | $41,109 | Not available | 0 |
| Social Sciences, General | Associate's Degree | $40,543 | $9,036 | Not reported |
| Communication and Media Studies | Associate's Degree | $39,968 | Not available | Not reported |
| English Language and Literature/Letters, Other | Associate's Degree | $36,307 | Not available | Not reported |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services | Associate's Degree | $35,456 | Not available | Not reported |
| Business Operations Support and Assistant Services | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $33,478 | Not available | 3 |
| Business Operations Support and Assistant Services | Associate's Degree | $32,902 | Not available | Not reported |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $28,780 | Not available | 21 |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants | Associate's Degree | Not available | $13,382 | 0 |
Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.
Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.