About
Cisco College is a community college in Cisco, Texas and Abilene, Texas. The main campus is 92 acres (370,000 m2) outside of Cisco, and the Abilene Educational Center is 38 acres (150,000 m2) in Abilene. The college is accredited to award associate degrees by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
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 67 Title IV programs, 3 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 64 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing3 · 4.5%
- No Data64 · 95.5%
- 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 · 5
- Dec 2021Removal of Monitoring StatusSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2021Removal of Monitoring StatusSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Sep 2020Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Sep 2020Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Dec 2016Accreditation Reaffirmed: Probation RemovedSouthern 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, 1,037 students received $5.3M in Pell grants, alongside $1.1M 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 424 borrowers who entered repayment, 12 (2.8%) 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 Cisco 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
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 7
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
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.
Cisco College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Cisco 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectCisco College | 30% | — | 3,160 | $9,099 | Community College |
Alvin Community College | — | — | 5,872 | $4,233 | Community College |
Angelina College | — | — | 3,890 | $8,900 | Community College |
Brazosport College | — | — | 3,812 | $3,022 | Baccalaureate |
Coastal Bend College | — | — | 4,259 | $3,886 | Community College |
College of the Mainland | — | — | 5,127 | $1,975 | Community College |
Grayson College | — | — | 4,324 | $4,984 | Community College |
Hill College | — | — | 4,158 | $6,615 | Community College |
Kilgore College | — | — | 7,198 | $6,629 | Community College |
Lee College | — | — | 8,323 | $7,519 | Community College |
McLennan Community College | — | — | 7,850 | $6,185 | Community College |
Midland College | — | — | 5,690 | $5,720 | Baccalaureate |
North Central Texas College | — | — | 8,106 | $6,714 | Community College |
Odessa College | — | — | 9,981 | $9,296 | Community College |
Paris Junior College | — | — | 4,533 | $6,662 | Community College |
Temple College | — | — | 5,274 | $6,934 | Community College |
Texarkana College | — | — | 4,290 | $7,236 | Community College |
Victoria College | — | — | 3,276 | $4,550 | Community College |
Weatherford College | — | — | 6,520 | $8,664 | Community College |
| Peer group median | 30% | — | 5,127 | $6,629 |
Cisco College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning (IEP) serves as the campus-wide advocate of assessment and research for the advancement of institutional effectiveness and student outcomes. IEP enhances and fosters institutional effectiveness by contributing assessment support, institutional research, analysis and information management that supports and strengthens the operation, decision making, and planning processes of all Cisco College academic and administrative units.
Visit IR office page- William VaughanDirector of Institutional Effectiveness & Planning
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Notable alumni of Cisco College (4)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Ivan JohnsonAthletics
- Sid MillerPolitics
- Gary MorrisMusic
- Shauna Peare
Frequently asked questions about Cisco College
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