This cost is significantly reduced for approximately half of our students who qualify for federal and state financial aid, scholarships made possible by generous donors, and other means of financial assistance. Another way the college works to keep costs manageable is extensive use in a number of courses of open educational resources, as opposed to traditional textbooks that can be quite expensive.
https://wydaily.com/local-news/2019/05/14/bc-why-community-college-is-a-new-value-proposition/