Brazosport College
About
Brazosport College (BC) is a public community college in Lake Jackson, Texas. The college opened in 1968 and offers primarily associate degrees and some bachelor's degrees. The campus features The Clarion, a regional musical performance venue, in addition to the Brazosport Center for the Arts and Sciences which houses the Brazosport Museum of Natural Science, the Brazosport Planetarium and other institutions.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 43 Title IV programs, 1 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 42 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing1 · 2.3%
- No Data42 · 97.7%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
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.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Action history · 2
- Jan 2022Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2016Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 837 students received $3.7M in Pell grants, alongside $243K in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
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 42 borrowers who entered repayment, 3 (7.1%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* 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 Brazosport College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Brazosport College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Brazosport College selected for federal comparison reporting.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectBrazosport College | 56% | — | 3,812 | $3,022 | Baccalaureate |
Alvin Community College | — | — | 5,872 | $4,233 | Community College |
College of the Mainland | — | — | 5,127 | $1,975 | Community College |
Galveston College | — | — | 2,405 | $8,127 | Community College |
Lee College | — | — | 8,323 | $7,519 | Community College |
Victoria College | — | — | 3,276 | $4,550 | Community College |
Wharton County Junior College | — | — | 5,504 | $5,021 | Community College |
| Peer group median | 56% | — | 5,127 | $4,550 |
Brazosport College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
In support of the College's mission, the mission of the Planning, Institutional Effectiveness, and Research Department is to support student success by facilitating the integration of assessment, planning, and institutional research to reinforce continuous improvement of the college's academic programs and administrative services, and broadly engaging stakeholders to inform decision-making that leads the College moving forward.
Visit IR office page- Robert WoodResearch Analyst
- Michaela BenignoAssessment Analyst
- Sade WalkerDean of Planning, Institutional Effectiveness & Research
Common Data Set (1)
The institution's official annual Common Data Set publications — the most detailed reference for enrollment, admissions, and outcomes.
Reports & documents (2)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- FactbookBC Reports | Brazosport College2019This page provides access to various reports and data collections about Brazosport College, offered by the Planning, Institutional Effectiveness, & Research office. It includes enrollment figures across different academic terms for several years, financial aid statistics, and feedback reports such as IPEDS Data Feedback. The page also offers links to college comparison tools and contact information for key staff.brazosport.edu
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