Important Information

Here you will be able to locate information on the following topics:

• Eligibility
• Net Cost/Tuition & Feesf
• Your Rights
• Terms
• Return of Title IV Policy
• Penalties for Drug Law Violations

Eligibility

• Complete the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
• Be a U.S citizen or an eligible noncitizen
• For AB540 students: complete the confidential California Dream Act Application. Additional information is available at: the California Dream Act.
• Register with Selective Service, if required (males 18 to 25). If you are over the age of 26 and never registered, you will have to mail a Request for Status Information Letter to the Selective Service Agency to evaluate your information
• Be enrolled or accepted as a regular student into a degree-granting or eligible certificate program
• Maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) toward your college educational goal
  • Maintain a 2.00 Grade Point Average (GPA)
  • Maintain the required unit completion rate according to the Terms of Agreement Satisfactory Academic Progress Regulations for financial aid eligibility.
  • Federal regulations require colleges to establish a maximum time frame during which students are eligible to receive financial aid. Bakersfield College has established a maximum time frame of 90 attempted units. Students are no longer maintaining satisfactory academic progress for financial aid after attempting 90 or more units whether or not financial aid was received.
• Certify that you are not in default on a federal student loan or owe money on a federal student grant
• Certify that you will use federal student aid only for educational purposes
• Show you're qualified to obtain a college education by:
  • Having a high school diploma or a recognized equivalent such as a General Educational Development (GED) certificate or having passed the California High School Proficiency Examination (CHSPE)
  • Completing a high school education in a homeschool setting approved under state law.

Denial

You may be denied financial aid for one or more of the following reasons:

• Failure to meet the High Diploma or equivalent requirement
• Your resources meet or exceed allowable expenses
• Ineligible immigration status
• You did not complete satisfactory progress requirements and failed warning
• Funding allotted to eligible aid program has been exhausted
• Financial need falls below minimum aid levels in available aid
• You have earned an associate degree or higher and have exhausted available aid
• Loan in default or other repayment required
• You have not provided sufficient documentation to determine eligibility.
• You have failed to register with Selective Service (if required)

Tuition & Fees

Review Admissions page for current fees.

Please visit the California State University Campus Costs of Attendance page for information about prospective costs.

Please visit the University of California (UC), Davis Undergraduate Cost of Attendance page for more information about prospective costs.

The following charts provides an example of the estimated total cost of attendance for Bakersfield College:

California Residents

Out-of-State Residents

**Licensure, Certification, Professional Credentials:

• Physical Therapist Assistant – 1st Year  BLS/CPR Certification $60, 2nd Year FSBPT/Jurisprudence Exams $485, Prometric for Testing Site $70, PTB of CA for Licensing Application Fee $300
• Rad Tech – 1st Year  BLS Certification $50, 2nd Year AART Registration Fee $225, CRT License Fee $112, Fluoroscopy Permit Fee $112
• Registered Nursing

  • Traditional ADN – 1st Year BLS Certification $50, CARP $632, CARP $685 2nd Year CARP $600, CARP $600, License Application $300, Interim Permitted License $100, NCLEX Exam $200

  • Advance Placement AND Program – 1st Year  CLS Certification $50, 2nd Year CARP $600, Interim Permittee License $100, NCLES Exam $200

  • Vocational Nursing – 1st Year BLS Certification $50, CARP $537, 2nd Year CARP $471, License Application $300

• Automotive Technology - Exam Fee $60, Registration Fee $31

Advantages of attending a Community College vs University

Cost of Tuition

Attending community college gives students the chance to prepare for the financial demands of a 4-year university if they plan on transferring.

Give Students An Opportunity To Explore Major Options

Instead of spending thousands of dollars at a private university towards a major that you are less than sure of, consider attending a community school while you are making your decision.

Transitional

Attending community college gives students the opportunity to earn college credit while taking the time to select the 4-year institution that is right for them.

Flexible Schedule

Attending community college gives students the chance to prepare for the financial demands of a 4-year university if they plan on transferring.

Net Cost Calculator

Our net cost calculator can also be accessed at BC Net Price Calculator.

Student Terms of Agreement

Terms of Agreement

Return of Title IV Policy

The Return of Title IV Policy addresses federal financial aid recipients who withdraw from the college and are subject to a Return of Title IV (R2T4) calculation. For the purpose of R2T4 calculation requirements, a recipient is a student who has actually received federal financial aid funds or has met the conditions that entitled the student to a late disbursement of federal financial aid funds. The college is required to review the amount of federal loan and grant aid a student received for the payment period, to determine what percentage of federal financial aid the student earned prior to withdrawal. The percentage of federal financial aid determined to be unearned for the payment period must be returned to the appropriate federal financial aid program(s).

Note about the 60 percent date: Students who receive Federal Title IV Aid and drop all of their courses before the 60 percent date of the semester, as determined by the Office of Financial Aid, will owe a repayment to the institution and/or the U.S. Department of Education.

Bakersfield College returns Title IV funds in the following order, up to the net amount disbursed from each source:

• Unsubsidized Direct Loans (other than Direct PLUS Loans)
• Subsidized Direct Loans
• Direct PLUS Loans
• Federal Pell Grants for which a Return is required
• Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (FSEOG) for which a return of funds is required
• Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant, for which a Return is required

Federal Student Financial Aid Penalties For Drug Law Violations

Students Convicted of Possession or Sale of Drugs

A federal or state drug conviction can disqualify a student for FSA funds. The student self-certifies in applying for aid that he is eligible; you're not required to confirm this unless you have conflicting information.

Convictions only count against a student for aid eligibility purposes if they were for an offense that occurred during a period of enrollment for which the student was receiving Federal Student Aid—they do not count if the offense was not during such a period. Also, a conviction that was reversed, set aside, or removed from the student's record does not count, nor does one received when he/she was a juvenile, unless he/she was tried as an adult.

The chart below illustrates the period of ineligibility for FSA funds, depending on whether the conviction was for sale or possession and whether the student had previous offenses. (A conviction for sale of drugs includes convictions for conspiring to sell drugs.)

If the student was convicted of both possessing and selling illegal drugs, and the periods of ineligibility are different, the student will be ineligible for the longer period.

Schools must provide each student who becomes ineligible for Title IV aid due to a drug conviction a clear and conspicuous written notice of his loss of eligibility and the methods whereby he can become eligible again.

A student regains eligibility the day after the period of ineligibility ends or when he successfully completes a qualified drug rehabilitation program or, effective beginning with the 2010-2011 award year, passes two unannounced drug tests given by such a program. Further drug convictions will make him ineligible again.

Students denied eligibility for an indefinite period can regain eligibility after completing any of the following three options:

1. Successfully completing a rehabilitation program, as described below, which includes passing two unannounced drug tests from such a program;
2. Having the conviction reversed, set aside, or removed from the student's record so that fewer than two convictions for sales or three convictions for possession remain on the record; or
3. Successfully completing two unannounced drug tests which are part of a rehab program (the student does not need to complete the rest of the program).

In such cases, the nature and dates of the remaining convictions will determine when the student regains eligibility. It is the student's responsibility to certify to Stark State that she has successfully completed the rehabilitation program; as with the conviction question on the FAFSA, you are not required to confirm the reported information unless you have conflicting information.

When a student regains eligibility during the award year, Stark State may award Pell and Campus-based aid for the current payment period and Direct and FFEL loans for the period of enrollment.

Standards for a Qualified Drug Rehabilitation Program

A qualified drug rehabilitation program must include at least two unannounced drug tests and must satisfy at least one of the following require¬ments:

• Be qualified to receive funds directly or indirectly from a federal, state, or local government program.
• Be qualified to receive payment directly or indirectly from a federally or state-licensed insurance company.
• Be administered or recognized by a federal, state, or local government agency or court.
• Be administered or recognized by a federally or state-licensed hospital, health clinic, or medical doctor

If you have any questions about the effect of a drug conviction on your Federal Student Aid or your eligibility please call 1-800-4FED-AID.

Contact Financial Aid

Federal School Code: 001118

Phone: (661) 395-4428 | Fax: (661) 395-4688 | Email: bc_faid@bakersfieldcollege.edu

Address:
Bakersfield College
Office of Financial Aid
1801 Panorama Dr.
Bakersfield, CA 93305