About
Central Texas College is a public, open-admission community college located in Killeen, Texas. It offers over 40 associate degrees and certificate programs in academic, professional, and career technical fields. The college has a notable focus on serving military personnel and facilitating transitions to four-year degree programs.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 5.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 81 Title IV programs, 4 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 77 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing4 · 4.9%
- No Data77 · 95.1%
- 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.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 2
Action history · 13
- Oct 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Sep 2025Grant Substantive Change: Final Branch ApprovalSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Sep 2025Grant Substantive Change: OtherSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2025Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jan 2025Grant 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
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, 5,172 students received $22.1M in Pell grants, alongside $12.4M 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 997 borrowers who entered repayment, 29 (2.9%) 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 Central Texas 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
- On campus6
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Data quality: 1 report was later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Central Texas College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Central Texas 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectCentral Texas College | 11% | — | 8,373 | $6,408 | Community College |
Blinn College District | — | — | 18,095 | $17,225 | Community College |
Coastline Community College | — | — | 9,008 | $9,605 | Community College |
El Paso Community College | — | — | 25,567 | $4,154 | Community College |
Fayetteville Technical Community College | — | — | 11,755 | $3,723 | Community College |
McLennan Community College | — | — | 7,850 | $6,185 | Community College |
Midlands Technical College | — | — | 9,226 | $5,462 | Community College |
Rio Salado College | — | — | 18,841 | $8,764 | Community College |
Temple College | — | — | 5,274 | $6,934 | Community College |
University of Maryland Global Campus | 20% | — | 63,012 | $14,514 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
| Peer group median | 16% | — | 10,491 | $6,671 |
Central Texas College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
- Dr. Marie A. ValentinDirector, Institutional Effectiveness and Learning 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
- Strategic planCentral Texas College Strategic Plan2026The Central Texas College has set its strategic planning in motion with a focus on instruction, research, public service, institutional support, and ancillary operations. A Strategic Planning Task Force is tasked with revising the strategic plan and assessing progress annually. This ensures that resources are effectively allocated during the budget process to implement department and unit strategies.catalog.ctcd.edu
Grants & funding (1)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
Notable alumni of Central Texas College (5)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Vicente Castro Camacho
- Gavin Eugene Long
- Charles PayneTelevision
- Andre Rush
- Dane Watro
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