About
Blinn College District is a public junior college located in Texas, founded in 1883. It serves over 18,000 students across six campuses, offering academic transfer, workforce training, and continuing education programs, with a notable emphasis on transferring students to four-year universities.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Overall completion
11%
Overall completion
11%
Full-time retention
45%
Full-time retention
45%
Pell equity
0.1pp gap
Pell recipients
11%114 of 1072
Non-Pell (all)
11%229 of 2100
Subsidized loan, no Pell
12%33 of 272
No Federal Aid
11%196 of 1828
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates, a notably small equity gap.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 87 Title IV programs, 11 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 76 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Total programs
87
Passing
11
12.6% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national
Pass / fail distribution
87programs
- Passing11 · 12.6%
- No Data76 · 87.4%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
11
No data
76
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Program
Typical
Benchmark
EP gap
Legal Support Services
Associate Degree · Legal Professions And Studies
$44,822
$33,298
Same-State HS Median
+34.6%
+$11,524
Legal Support Services
Associate Degree · Legal Professions And Studies
+34.6%
$44,822 vs $33,298
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
$45,446
$33,298
Same-State HS Median
+36.5%
+$12,148
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+36.5%
$45,446 vs $33,298
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$47,315
$33,298
Same-State HS Median
+42.1%
+$14,017
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+42.1%
$47,315 vs $33,298
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Associate Degree · Security And Protective Services
$48,170
$33,298
Same-State HS Median
+44.7%
+$14,872
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Associate Degree · Security And Protective Services
+44.7%
$48,170 vs $33,298
Accounting and Related Services
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
$49,804
$33,298
Same-State HS Median
+49.6%
+$16,506
Accounting and Related Services
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+49.6%
$49,804 vs $33,298
Biology General
Associate Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
$50,945
$33,298
Same-State HS Median
+53.0%
+$17,647
Biology General
Associate Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
+53.0%
$50,945 vs $33,298
Business/Commerce General
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
$53,840
$33,298
Same-State HS Median
+61.7%
+$20,542
Business/Commerce General
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+61.7%
$53,840 vs $33,298
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$55,794
$33,298
Same-State HS Median
+67.6%
+$22,496
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+67.6%
$55,794 vs $33,298
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Program
Median debt
Median earnings
Debt burden
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Associate Degree · Security And Protective Services
$14,204
$48,170
30%
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Associate Degree · Security And Protective Services
$14,204 debt · $48,170 earn
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$15,000
$55,794
27%
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$15,000 debt · $55,794 earn
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
$12,000
$45,446
26%
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
$12,000 debt · $45,446 earn
Accounting and Related Services
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
$12,000
$49,804
24%
Accounting and Related Services
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
$12,000 debt · $49,804 earn
Practical Nursing Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$10,500
$50,291
21%
Practical Nursing Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$10,500 debt · $50,291 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$16,490
$80,819
20%
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$16,490 debt · $80,819 earn
Business/Commerce General
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
$9,199
$53,840
17%
Business/Commerce General
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
$9,199 debt · $53,840 earn
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Accredited since 1950Next review Dec 2030
Programmatic accreditations · 2
Action history · 24
- Jun 2025Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jan 2025Grant Substantive Change: OtherSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Nov 2024Grant Substantive Change: OtherSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Aug 2024Grant Substantive Change: OtherSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2024Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$48–75k—
$75–110k—
$110k+—
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Avg net price
$10,844
+$4,676vs Community College median $6,168
Federal loans
18.3%
In-state tuition
$4,890
Out-of-state
$11,370
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 4,585 students received $22.3M in Pell grants, alongside $20.2M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients
4,585
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$22.3M
$22,261,878 total
Direct Loans
$20.2M
5,459 loan awards
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
5k’20
4k’21
4k’22
4k’23
5k’24
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Subsidized$7.7M
2,504 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$9.0M
2,679 loan awards
Parent PLUS$3.6M
276 loan awards
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 3,752 borrowers who entered repayment, 131 (3.4%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate
3.4%
+1.1pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
3,752
Defaulted
131
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard
Default rate vs national, by cohort
2016
11.0%+1.7
2017
13.7%+4.5
2018
12.0%+5.0
2019
3.4%+1.1
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Blinn College District
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Distinct CIP programs75
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered
Top program families by completions
1,678 total completions
01Liberal Arts
82749.3%
01Liberal Arts
82749.3%
02Business
21212.6%
02Business
21212.6%
03Agriculture
20212.0%
03Agriculture
20212.0%
04Health Professions
1579.4%
04Health Professions
1579.4%
05Parks/Recreation
905.4%
05Parks/Recreation
905.4%
06Visual/Performing Arts
452.7%
06Visual/Performing Arts
452.7%
07Security/Protective
452.7%
07Security/Protective
452.7%
08Psychology
362.1%
08Psychology
362.1%
09Computer Sciences
352.1%
09Computer Sciences
352.1%
10Social Sciences
291.7%
10Social Sciences
291.7%
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Fall total
18,095
12-mo unduplicated
28,083
Undergraduate
28,083
Graduate
0
Gender split
Men
45%12,738
Women
55%15,345
Race / ethnicity composition
White
56.6%
Hispanic
24.5%
Black
7.6%
Asian
4.0%
Two or more
3.9%
Unknown
2.0%
Non-resident
0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Athletes
469
376 M · 93 W
Women athletes
19.8%
Athletic aid
$2.1M
Total student aid
Budget
$6.5M
Total expenses
Men vs women · spending splits
Athletic student aid
$1.1M
$857K
Recruiting expense
$31K
$25K
Head-coach salaries
$82K
$89K
Men Women
Sport-by-sport · 7
Sport
Men
Women
Expenses
Football
139
—
$1,130,552
Football
139 M · —
Baseball
69
—
$624,097
Baseball
69 M · —
Soccer
34
29
$947,167
Soccer
34 M · 29 W
Basketball
17
18
$957,761
Basketball
17 M · 18 W
Golf
20
6
$475,123
Golf
20 M · 6 W
Volleyball
—
18
$386,819
Volleyball
— · 18 W
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.05
1 offenses · 18,545 students
3-year trend
0.112 yrs ago0.111 yr ago0.05Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
5
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
16
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0
Criminal offenses by type
Burglary
1
By location
1total
- On campus1
Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
2
Domestic violence
4
Dating violence
1
Stalking
7 total under the Violence Against Women Act.
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs334
Liquor047
Residence-hall fires
No residence-hall fires reported.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Student-to-faculty
28.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
373
Blinn College District vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Blinn College District selected for federal comparison reporting.
This institutionPeer median
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectBlinn College District | 11% | — | 18,095 | $10,844 | Community College |
| — | — | 11,720 | $10,345 | Community College | |
| — | — | 21,859 | $2,424 | Community College | |
| — | — | 22,460 | $5,672 | Community College | |
| — | — | 10,429 | $4,135 | Community College | |
| — | — | 14,494 | $480 | Community College | |
| — | — | 12,926 | $11,911 | Community College | |
| — | — | 12,275 | $6,513 | Community College | |
| — | — | 20,123 | $4,976 | Community College | |
| — | — | 14,494 | $6,120 | Community College | |
| — | — | 17,228 | $8,312 | Community College | |
| — | — | 21,664 | $5,968 | Community College | |
| — | — | 25,567 | $3,206 | Community College | |
| — | — | 19,521 | $6,134 | Community College | |
| — | 90.8% | 17,437 | $11,453 | Community College | |
| — | — | 12,075 | $8,365 | Community College | |
| — | — | 14,440 | $5,311 | Community College | |
| — | — | 24,985 | $6,202 | Community College | |
| — | — | 12,472 | $5,040 | Community College | |
| — | — | 13,523 | $8,398 | Community College | |
| — | — | 14,583 | -$2,296 | Community College | |
| — | — | 12,301 | $7,095 | Community College | |
| — | — | 17,096 | $7,203 | Community College | |
| — | — | 24,597 | $3,864 | Community College | |
| — | — | 21,730 | $8,377 | Community College | |
| — | — | 12,334 | $11,315 | Community College | |
| — | — | 20,986 | $12,671 | Community College | |
| — | — | 19,973 | $5,258 | Community College | |
| — | — | 43,928 | $4,337 | Community College | |
| — | — | 24,609 | $8,759 | Community College | |
| Peer group median | 11% | 90.8% | 17,333 | $6,168 |
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Blinn College District Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Office
Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness
Email
george.guajardo [at] blinn.edu
Phone
979-830-4743
Address
902 College Avenue, Brenham, TX 77833
The Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness provides information needed for effective decision-making, reinforces a culture of assessment and continuous improvement, and engages the College in the processes necessary for institutional and programmatic accreditation.
Visit IR office pageTeam
1 member
- George GuajardoInstitutional Research and Effectiveness Director
Reports & documents (2)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- Strategic planStrategic Plan2026The Blinn College District, with a history dating back to 1883, aims to continue its legacy as an educational leader in Texas through strategic planning. The strategic plan focuses on three main areas: student success, performance excellence, and planned growth, developed via collaboration between students, faculty, staff, and community members. Blinn remains committed to building stronger communities and empowering students, ensuring it remains one of the premier community colleges in the nation.blinn.edu
Grants & funding (5)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
- opportunityCarl D. Perkins Grantinstitution_site
- opportunityFederal Pell GrantU.S. Department of Educationinstitution_site
- opportunitySupplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG)U.S. Department of Educationinstitution_site
- opportunityTexas Educational Opportunity Grant (TEOG)Texas Higher Education Coordinating Boardinstitution_site
- opportunityTexas Public Education Grant (TPEG)State of Texasinstitution_site
Frequently asked questions about Blinn College District
Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Blinn College District.
What is the graduation rate at Blinn College District?
Blinn College District reports a 6-year graduation rate of 11% per the latest IPEDS.
How many students attend Blinn College District?
Blinn College District reports a total enrollment of 18,095 students per the latest IPEDS.
What is the average net price at Blinn College District?
The average net price at Blinn College District is $10,844 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.
Where is Blinn College District located?
Blinn College District is located in Brenham, Texas 77833-4098.
Who runs Institutional Research at Blinn College District?
Blinn College District's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness.
About the data on this page
Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.
IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →
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