Butte County Regional Occupational Program

Chico, CA · Public · 41 students · Visit Website

Butte County Regional Occupational Program (ROP) offers short-term, hands-on career training for adults in fields like Veterinary Technician, Dental Assistant, Medical Assistant, and Phlebotomy. The school emphasizes job skills, career guidance, and on-the-job experience through its Community Classroom program. ROP collaborates with local businesses to align training with workforce needs and help students gain marketable skills for employment.

Programs Analyzed

1

Avg Grad Earnings

$29,437/yr

Avg TradeSchoolOutlook Score

45/100

All Programs at Butte County Regional Occupational Program

1 trade program at Butte County Regional Occupational, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.

Program Score Earnings Debt 10yr ROI AI Risk Job Market
Veterinary Technology
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians
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45 $29,437/yr Moderate Large
63 openings/yr

Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.

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About This Data

TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 1 trade and vocational programs at Butte County Regional Occupational Program using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).

The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections). Last updated 2026.