Monterey Peninsula College

2024 Tuition & Fees

The 2024 tuition & fees of Monterey Peninsula College () is $1,188 for California residents and $9,924 for out-of-state students. Its tuition & fees is cheaper than the average tuition ($9,880) of public community colleges in California.

The following table shows the 2023-2024 tuition & fees, books & supplies, and living costs at Monterey Peninsula College. Then, we compare its costs to California community colleges and all U.S. community colleges.

In addition, the chart shows tuition trends over the last 5 years. You can check more comprehensive tuition information on the cost of attendance page.

2024 Cost Of Attendance
	California Residents	Out-of-State
Tuition & Fees	$1,188	$9,924
Books & Supplies	$938
Off-Campus Living Costs	$38,304
Average Financial Aid	$3,896
Cost of Attendance	$40,430	$49,166
After Financial Aid	$36,534	$45,270
Average Earning After 10 years of graduation	$39,500

2024 Tuition & Fees and Comparison
	California Residents	Out-of-State Students
Monterey Peninsula College	$1,188	$9,924
Public Community Colleges in California	$1,615	$9,880
Public Community Colleges in U.S.	$4,939	$8,623

Tuition Trends

Offered Degrees/Programs By Area of Study

Monterey Peninsula College offers Certificate and Associate's programs. The following table summarizes the number of offered programs by degree types.

Offered Programs and Online Availability
	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Online Programs	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Total Programs	22	83	NOT OFFERED

The following tables list each major program along with offered degrees and online availability. The number in each column indicates the number of awarded degrees and/or certificates of the program. "Only in Classroom" means that the program is offered only on-site classes and "not offered" means that the school does not offer the program.

You may want to see all schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Agriculture

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Area Studies (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Ethnic Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Women's Studies	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Communication and Journalism

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	NOT OFFERED	10 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Computer and Information Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Information Technology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Science	NOT OFFERED	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Personal and Culinary Services

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Pre-Engineering	NOT OFFERED	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Foreign Languages and Literatures	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Linguistics	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
French Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Spanish Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	7 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
American Sign Language (ASL)	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Work and Family Studies

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Child Care Provider/Assistant	12 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	18 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Apparel and Textiles	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Apparel and Textile Marketing Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

English Language and Literature

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
English Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	8 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Creative Writing	NOT OFFERED	4 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	131 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	135 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	NOT OFFERED	46 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Library Science

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Library Science (other)	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Biology/Biological Sciences	NOT OFFERED	16 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Mathematics	NOT OFFERED	20 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Biological and Physical Sciences	NOT OFFERED	48 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	NOT OFFERED	18 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Physical Fitness Technician	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Philosophy and Religious Studies

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Philosophy	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Astronomy	NOT OFFERED	4 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Chemistry	NOT OFFERED	8 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Geology/Earth Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics	NOT OFFERED	12 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Psychology	NOT OFFERED	46 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	NOT OFFERED	26 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Criminal Justice/Police Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	7 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

Social Sciences

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Anthropology	NOT OFFERED	4 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Economics	NOT OFFERED	14 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government	NOT OFFERED	8 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Sociology	NOT OFFERED	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Mechanics and Repairers

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Visual and Performing Arts	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Dance	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Design and Visual Communications	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Fashion/Apparel Design	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Interior Design	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Graphic Design	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Film/Cinema/Video Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Photography	NOT OFFERED	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Art/Art Studies	NOT OFFERED	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Drawing	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Sculpture	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Ceramic Arts and Ceramics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Metal and Jewelry Arts	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Music	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Visual and Performing Arts (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Dental Assisting/Assistant	NOT OFFERED	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder	NOT OFFERED	4 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Medical/Clinical Assistant	9 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	10 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Occupational Therapist Assistant	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	NOT OFFERED	27 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Business

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Business/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Business Administration and Management	NOT OFFERED	67 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Small Business Administration/Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Hospitality Administration/Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
International Business/Trade/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Real Estate	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

History

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
History	NOT OFFERED	13 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Student Population

There are 6,514 students at Monterey Peninsula College including both full-time and part-time students. By gender, 2,987 male students and 3,841 female students are attending the school. The following table shows the total number of students by gender and attending status at the school. You can check more enrollment information of the school.

Student Population
	Total	Full-Time	Part-time
Total	6,828	1,901	4,927
Male Students	2,987	862	2,125
Female Students	3,841	1,039	2,802

Distance Learning (Online Degree/Program) Student Population

At Monterey Peninsula College, there are 6,514 students including in both full-time and part-time status. Of that, 4,021 students were attending classes through distance learning (1,932 students are enrolled exclusively and 2,089 are enrolled in some online courses) .

Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	6,514
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	1,932
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	2,089
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	2,493

School Profile and Academic Overview

Monterey Peninsula College is a 2-4 years, public school located in Monterey, California. For the academic year 2023-2024, the tuition & fees are $1,188 for California residents and $9,924 for other students on average. It offers 148 degree programs through 22 Certificate, 83 Associate's programs. The average earning in 10 years after graduation from the school is $39,500.

Directory Information and Key Academic Statistics
Type	2-4 years, public
Address	980 Fremont St, Monterey, CA
Phone	831-646-4000
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024) »	In-State$1,188 Out-of-State$9,924
Student Population »	6,514 Total Enrollment
Graduation Rate »	26%
Transfer-out Rate	11%
Retention Rate	67% (Full-time) 37% (Part-time)
Average Financial Aid »	$3,896
Students to Faculty	18:1 (5.56%)
Average Earning After 10 years of graduation	$39,500

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2024 Tuition & Fees

Offered Degrees/Programs By Area of Study

Student Population

Distance Learning (Online Degree/Program) Student Population

School Profile and Academic Overview

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