Berkeley City College

Berkeley, California

  • Two-year college
  • Public
  • City
  • 4,456 students

What you can study

Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Child care and early education

  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763

Computers and IT

  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
  • Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
  • Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
  • Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
  • Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720

Engineering technology

  • Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
  • Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,073

Graphic and applied design

  • Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047

Medical billing and office

  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067

Office and business support

  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Other programs (46)
  • American Sign LanguageCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $38,250
  • American Sign LanguageAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $32,528
  • AnthropologyAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $37,748
  • Area StudiesAssociate degree · 2 finished
  • Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $33,380
  • BiotechnologyCertificateNationally: $56,608
  • BiotechnologyAssociate degreeNationally: $44,861
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 43 finishedNationally: $41,208
  • Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $54,610
  • Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $40,381
  • Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 18 finishedNationally: $33,346
  • EconomicsAssociate degree · 22 finishedNationally: $42,934
  • Education, OtherCertificate · 30 finishedNationally: $52,848
  • Education, OtherAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $78,686
  • English Language and Literature, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $27,447
  • English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $27,003
  • Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $41,382
  • Film/Video and Photographic ArtsCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $29,024
  • Film/Video and Photographic ArtsAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $28,195
  • Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $24,176
  • Graphic CommunicationsCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $24,502
  • Graphic CommunicationsAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $27,878
  • Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, OtherCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $34,705
  • Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, OtherAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $40,447
  • HistoryAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $31,926
  • Human Services, GeneralCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $34,193
  • Human Services, GeneralAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $32,008
  • International Relations and National Security StudiesAssociate degree · 0 finished
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 278 finishedNationally: $35,042
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 106 finishedNationally: $34,134
  • MathematicsAssociate degree · 27 finishedNationally: $36,826
  • PhilosophyAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,648
  • Physical Science Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $57,582
  • Physical Science Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $61,888
  • PhysicsAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $35,965
  • Political Science and GovernmentAssociate degree · 13 finishedNationally: $34,854
  • Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 41 finishedNationally: $30,994
  • Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $27,637
  • Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $39,278
  • Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $27,917
  • Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $42,581
  • Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $41,894
  • SociologyAssociate degree · 29 finishedNationally: $33,731
  • Special Education and TeachingAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $34,283
  • Teaching Assistants/AidesCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $23,489
  • Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $26,742
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$1,797$30–48k$4,084$48–75k$4,331$75–110k$9,290Over $110kNot reportedSource: College Scorecard
Average net price
$1,987per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$12,205sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$1,258Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
1%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
42%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$43,9086 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$48,57410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
Not reportedfederal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
20%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
39%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard

Where these numbers come from

Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Berkeley City College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.

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