Butte College - Public Relations
About Butte College
Butte College serves approximately 17,000 students a year and is an accredited community college located just 75 miles north of Sacramento. Butte College offers a quality education and over 180 degree and certificate programs. Students can earn associate’s degrees, train for career options, or take general education classes to transfer to a CSU, UC, or private university. Butte College has the highest transfer rate to CSU, Chico, and many of our alumni have successful careers in fire, nursing, law enforcement, welding, business, computer science, heavy equipment and more. The College also offers degrees with guaranteed transfer to California State Universities—with 30 Associate in Arts for Transfer and Associate in Science for Transfer degrees.
The College's Mission Statement
Butte College is a student-centered learning institution which provides quality education and support services, that are continuously evaluated and improved, to prepare students to be productive members of a diverse, sustainable, and ever-changing global society. We provide career and transfer pathways for students to become life-long learners and critical thinkers through the mastery of basic skills, workforce training, and the achievement of degrees and certificates.
Butte College—A Leader in Sustainability
The College has a long history of sustainability. Resting on 928 acres, the College is designated a wildlife refuge and serves as an outdoor laboratory for college programs. Butte College is a national leader for community colleges in sustainability due to student engagement both at the College and in the community, infusion of sustainability into the curriculum, sustainable land use management, renewable energy and energy efficiency. Butte College has integrated sustainability in the following ways:
- Offers a Sustainability Studies Certificate Program;
- Operates the largest bus transportation system of any community college in California;
- The College produces 90 percent of its annual electrical needs for both the Main Campus and Chico Campus through the use of 25,436 solar panels with a generating capacity of 4.657 megawatts;
- Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)Gold certification of the Arts Building and Student and General Services Building by the US Green Building Council;
- Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) students work as interns on a Biofiltration Wetland Educational Living Laboratory (BWELL) Project;
- Roughly 79 percent of the waste stream is recycled;
- Butte College was ranked one of the “20 Best University Farms in America” in 2015 by Best College Reviews; and
- The Agriculture Department gained organic certification on 26 acres.
Our Vision
Butte College serves our communities by inspiring diverse learners to reach intellectual, cultural, social, economic, and personal success.
Butte College Foundation
The Butte College Foundation is a non-profit, 501(C)(3) charitable organization and serves as the fundraising arm for Butte College. The Foundation is governed by a volunteer board of directors who work throughout the year to develop partnerships and resources to benefit students at Butte College through scholarships, grants, and loans. Donations to the Foundation help support Butte College students and programs. Scholarships can be named in honor of a loved one to leave a lasting legacy. For more information, contact the Foundation at 530-895-2359 or visit ec1.szfumet.com/foundation.
The College's Advisory Committees
To ensure that Career and Technical Education programs respond to the needs of business, industry, and government, the Butte-Glenn Community College District establishes program advisory committees whose members are industry leaders in occupational areas related to the College's programs.
Individual program advisory committees provide valued advice related to:
- Curriculum
- Facilities and equipment
- Job market information
- Evaluation of the performance of students completing the requirements for any given program
A campus Career and Technical Education General Advisory Committee consults with the campus on the broader issues related to the Butte College vocational mission.
