Community colleges say the state is too big and spread out to limit public four-year degrees to just the Cal State and UC. “I think it is a mistake.” He was system chancellor when the first community college bachelor’s degrees were underway. Now, around 300 students earn bachelor’s degrees at community colleges annually, compared to around 160,000 at the UC and Cal State. Cal State professors also worried about revenue losses from community college bachelor’s degrees in 2022 after the 2021 law passed. Community colleges far from public universitiesSeveral data points are a driving force in bringing bachelor’s degrees to community colleges.