Bakersfield, CA
Bakersfield College
Bakersfield College is a public institution located in Bakersfield, CA. Use its official resources to confirm whether its programs match your study plans.
Institution at a glance
- Location
- Bakersfield, CA
- Institution type
- Public
- Institution level
- Four-year
- IPEDS institution ID
- 109819
- Directory data year
- 2025
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Published undergraduate tuition and fees
Full-time, first-time undergraduate charge basis · Academic year 2024-25 · US dollars · tuition and required fees, not total cost of attendance.
State residency rules determine eligibility. Out-of-state charges are not a verified international-student quote. Housing, meals, insurance, travel and other expenses are additional; aid is not deducted.
| Academic year | In-state | Out-of-state | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | $1,430 | $11,300 | $1,062 |
| 2023-24 | $1,430 | $10,310 | $938 |
| 2022-23 | $1,430 | $9,560 | $1,125 |
| 2021-22 | $1,430 | $9,380 | $1,125 |
| 2020-21 | $1,418 | $9,908 | $1,080 |
| 2019-20 | $1,325 | $7,737 | $1,971 |
| 2018-19 | $1,325 | $7,261 | $1,854 |
| 2017-18 | $1,325 | $7,261 | $1,854 |
| 2016-17 | $1,326 | $7,822 | $1,791 |
Change from the previous academic year
In-state tuition and fees: unchanged, compared with 2023-24.
Out-of-state tuition and fees: increased by $990 (9.6%), compared with 2023-24.
This compares published tuition and required fees in adjacent reporting years. It does not measure changes in your aid package, net price or full living budget.
Source fields and reporting flags
books: CHG4AY3 · flag R
in_state: CHG2AY3 · flag R
out_of_state: CHG3AY3 · flag R
Source: IPEDS published cost dataset. Source checked 2026-10-16 UTC. Reported, imputed and carried-forward values retain their source flags. Read our data methodology →
Historical undergraduate admissions
Admissions figures are not available in the connected dataset. Do not interpret a missing figure as a 0% or 100% admission rate.
Fields with reported graduates
Historical IPEDS completions, first major. Reporting years are labeled per record. Verify current program availability and degree names on the institution’s website.
| Field of study | Award level | Year ending | Completions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies. | Associate degree | 2025 | 2209 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies. | Certificate 1–2 years | 2025 | 1650 |
| Psychology, General. | Associate degree | 2025 | 371 |
| Business Administration and Management, General. | Associate degree | 2025 | 260 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General. | Associate degree | 2025 | 249 |
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse. | Associate degree | 2025 | 188 |
| Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration. | Associate degree | 2025 | 165 |
| Child Care Provider/Assistant. | Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year | 2021 | 155 |
| Sociology, General. | Associate degree | 2025 | 117 |
| Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs. | Associate degree | 2025 | 115 |
| Child Care Provider/Assistant. | Associate degree | 2025 | 99 |
| History, General. | Associate degree | 2025 | 97 |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric. | Associate degree | 2025 | 90 |
| Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations. | Associate degree | 2025 | 88 |
| Art/Art Studies, General. | Associate degree | 2025 | 63 |
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Historical average net price for in-state aid recipients
Population: full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates at public institutions with standard academic calendars, paying in-state or in-district tuition and receiving federal, state/local or institutional grant or scholarship aid. Other grant sources are excluded.
Average net price subtracts average qualifying grant aid from a population cost of attendance that includes tuition, required fees, books and weighted living expenses. It is a historical cohort average in USD, not tuition alone, a personal aid offer or a verified international-student cost. Negative source values are retained; they do not promise a payment to you.
| Academic year | Average net price | Recipients | Average qualifying grant aid | Source flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | $16,637 | 506 | $5,940 | Net price: R · Recipients: R · Grant aid: R |
| 2022-23 | $5,892 | 1,330 | $7,503 | Net price: R · Recipients: R · Grant aid: R |
| 2021-22 | $8,878 | 1,130 | $5,387 | Net price: R · Recipients: R · Grant aid: R |
Flags include R (reported), C (analyst corrected), P (carry-forward imputed), Z (implied zero) and other documented source codes. A blank amount is unavailable.
Published first-year retention
Connected EF part-D observations concern prior-fall first-time degree/certificate-seeking cohorts assessed a year later. NCES describes persistence or completion; four-year institutions' cohorts are bachelor-seeking. Entry study status remains the grouping even if a student later changes between full- and part-time.
| Entry cohort → assessment | Full-time source rate | Adjusted full-time cohort | Part-time source rate | Adjusted part-time cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2022 → 2023 | 0% · R | 2 | Not reported · A | 0 |
Percentages are retained from the source rather than recalculated. R means reported; P means carried forward. Other source flags remain in the evidence. Missing rates remain unavailable and a published 0% remains zero. These are institution-level historical observations, not programme graduation rates, current service-quality rankings or individual predictions.
Official EF2023D dataset ↗ · checked 2026-10-16 UTC. Reporting year remains 2023. Dictionary release label at this observation: provisional.
Fall 2023 source fields and flags
full time adjusted cohort · RRFTCTA · flag R · value 2
full time enrolled later · RET_NMF · flag R · value 0
full time rate · RET_PCF · flag R · value 0.0
part time adjusted cohort · RRPTCTA · flag R · value 0
part time enrolled later · RET_NMP · flag R · value 0
part time rate · RET_PCP · flag A · value not reported
NCES-derived bachelor-cohort graduation percentages
Historical full-time, first-time bachelor's or equivalent entry subcohorts, with revised-cohort adjustments and permitted exclusions. These percentages describe a defined cohort rather than all students, annual awards or an individual's outcome.
| Entry cohort | Source observation file year | Within 4 years | Within 5 years | Within 6 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2024 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 2017 | 2023 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2016 | 2022 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
NCES defines the selected 4-, 5- and 6-year measures for the same bachelor-seeking entry subcohort. The six-year measure is labelled 150% of normal time in the connected definitions. It does not establish the duration of your current programme.
Percentages are retained from the NCES derived file and are not recalculated here. The selected file supplies no per-cell reporting/imputation flags; the parent/child allocation status is outside this connection. Some derived campus values may use parent allocation factors. The linked dictionary's generic “Provisional/Final” heading does not distinguish a release stage for this snapshot.
Source evidence for file year 2024
Fields: GBA4RTT, GBA5RTT, GBA6RTT. Official NCES derived graduation file. Source checked 2026-10-14 UTC; retrieval date is not entry-cohort year. Source rate basis and missing values remain separate.
Source evidence for file year 2023
Fields: GBA4RTT, GBA5RTT, GBA6RTT. Official NCES derived graduation file. Source checked 2026-10-16 UTC; retrieval date is not entry-cohort year. Source rate basis and missing values remain separate.
Source evidence for file year 2022
Fields: GBA4RTT, GBA5RTT, GBA6RTT. Official NCES derived graduation file. Source checked 2026-10-16 UTC; retrieval date is not entry-cohort year. Source rate basis and missing values remain separate.
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About this record
Source: NCES Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, HD2025 institution directory. Download the source dataset.
Record reviewed: 2026-10-13 UTC. Directory year is not the current application year. “Four-year” describes an institution classification; it does not mean every program lasts four years.
Costs, admissions and completion records come from separate historical datasets with their own years. Current language requirements and deadlines must be verified with the institution.
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