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Bakersfield College

  • C-
    Overall Grade
  • 4 Year
  • Bakersfield, CA
  • 1,023 reviews
C-
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  1. Academics
    C-
  2. Value
    C+
  3. Diversity
    B
  4. Campus
    C-
  5. Athletics
    C+
  6. Party Scene
    C-
  7. Professors
    C+
  8. Location
    C-
  9. Dorms
    NG
  10. Campus Food
    NG
  11. Student Life
    C-
  12. Safety
    C+
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Bakersfield is a public college located in Bakersfield, California. It is a mid-size institution with an enrollment of 6,603 undergraduate students. The Bakersfield acceptance rate is 100%. Popular majors include Child Care Provider, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT Paramedic), and Communications. Graduating 17% of students, Bakersfield alumni go on to earn a starting salary of $22,000.
About Bakersfield College...
Athletic Division
CCCAA
Athletic Conference
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Address
1801 Panorama Dr
Bakersfield, CA 93305
Website
bakersfieldcollege.edu
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Bakersfield College Rankings

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Admissions

Acceptance Rate
100%
Application Deadline
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SAT Range
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ACT Range
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Application Fee
$0
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Cost

Net Price
$4,409/ year
National
$15,523
Average cost after financial aid for students receiving grant or scholarship aid, as reported by the college.
Net Price by Household Income
  • <$30k
    $2,907/ year
  • $30-48k
    $3,625/ year
  • $49-75k
    $6,173/ year
  • $76-110k
    $7,463/ year
  • $110k+
    $9,627/ year
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Academics

Professors
C+
Based on faculty accomplishments, salary, student reviews, and additional factors.
Student Faculty Ratio
32:1
Evening Degree Programs
No
84%
of students agree that professors put a lot of effort into teaching their classes.129 responses
42%
of students agree that it is easy to get the classes they want.118 responses
61%
of students agree that the workload is easy to manage.119 responses
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Majors

Most Popular Majors
  • Child Care Provider
    302 Graduates
  • Emergency Medical Technician (EMT Paramedic)
    211 Graduates
  • Communications
    138 Graduates
  • Liberal Arts and Humanities
    138 Graduates
  • Nursing Assistant
    130 Graduates
  • Nursing
    125 Graduates
  • Business Administration and Management
    110 Graduates
  • Psychology
    100 Graduates
  • Welding
    95 Graduates
  • Police and Criminal Science
    87 Graduates

Students

Full-Time Enrollment
6,603Undergrads
Undergrads Over 25
18%
Pell Grant
60%
Varsity Athletes
6%
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After College

Median Earnings 6 Years After Graduation
$29,500/ year
National
$33,028
Graduation Rate
17%
National
49%
Employed 2 Years After Graduation
82%
National
83%

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Bakersfield College is overpopulated and the majority of terrible professors, outweigh the good ones. Staff should be evaluated more efficiently, to ensure students are getting what they pay for, and there should be enough tutors available to assist the mass of students that are desperate for help. Personally, out of the FOUR YEARS (yep, four years at a two year community college), every single one of the counselors i've talked to never fully know what they're talking about, each one sends you in 100 different directions. It's almost impossible to get into classes as well, since the amount of students attending basically overpowers the amount of classes available. I would not recommend Bakersfield College to anybody, unless they want to spend their senior year at a community college while their friends of the same year are graduating with bachelor degrees at a CSU.
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A good start to one's college education for the price! I was able to obtain my AA-T in two years. The professors are overall pretty good! While attending the school I played for the tennis team, therefore allowing me to get priority registration for classes which was a huge help because getting classes can be difficult.
I started Bakersfield College after high school which was 2013, it is now 2018 and I will be graduating Bakersfield College with a AA. Bakersfield College has been great to me! The four years that I have attended to Bakersfield College it has been fun and stressful. It was the school that I change majors three time and helped me find the major I want to fully succeed.