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Clarendon College

Clarendon, Texas·Public, 2-year·Southwest·clarendoncollege.edu
6-yr Graduation
41%
Total enrollment
1,564
peer median 1,506
Avg net price
$8,373
-$1.4k vs Community College
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About

Clarendon College is a public community college in Clarendon, Texas. It also operates branch campuses in Pampa and Childress. The college was established in 1898 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and administered as a private institution until 1927 when it became a publicly supported two-year institution.

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
41%
Full-time retention
61%

Pell equity

12.0pp gap
Pell recipients
36%
Non-Pell
48%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 12.0-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 29 Title IV programs, 2 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 27 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
29
Passing
2
6.9% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

29programs
  • Passing2 · 6.9%
  • No Data27 · 93.1%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
1
Safe
1
No data
27

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.

2
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+19.4%
$39,747 vs $33,298
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+150.3%
$83,330 vs $33,298

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

2
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
Undergraduate Certificate · Personal And Culinary Services
45%
$9,230 debt · $20,689 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
19%
$15,500 debt · $83,330 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 1970Next review Jun 2026

Action history · 10

  1. Sep 2025Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  2. Dec 2022Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  3. Dec 2022Removal of Monitoring Status
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  4. Dec 2022Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  5. Dec 2021Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$7,237
$30–48k$5,740
$48–75k$8,440
$75–110k$12,681
$110k+$13,356

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$8,373
-$1,357vs Community College median $9,730
Federal loans
12.4%
In-state tuition
$3,720
Out-of-state
$5,400

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 526 students received $2.4M in Pell grants, alongside $1.3M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
526
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$2.4M
$2,425,847 total
Direct Loans
$1.3M
398 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

0k
20
1k
21
0k
22
1k
23
1k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$553K
188 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$785K
208 loan awards
Parent PLUS$8K
2 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 243 borrowers who entered repayment, 4 (1.6%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.6%
-0.7pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
243
Defaulted
4
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
6.8%
2017
6.9%
2018
5.5%
2019
1.6%
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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Clarendon College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs29
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

148 total completions
01Liberal Arts
12383.1%
02Health Professions
2315.5%
03Agriculture
21.4%
04Engineering Tech
00.0%
05English Language
00.0%
06Biological Sciences
00.0%
07Mathematics
00.0%
08Parks/Recreation
00.0%
09Physical Sciences
00.0%
10Psychology
00.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
1,564
12-mo unduplicated
2,504
Undergraduate
2,504
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
53%1,328
Women
47%1,176

Race / ethnicity composition

White
54.4%
Hispanic
27.6%
Black
7.8%
Unknown
5.1%
Non-resident
2.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native
1.7%
Asian
0.6%
Two or more
0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

Athletes
173
102 M · 71 W
Women athletes
41.0%
Athletic aid
$534K
Total student aid
Budget
$1.3M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$290K
$244K
Recruiting expense
$6K
$5K
Head-coach salaries
$20K
$14K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 5

Baseball
49 M ·
$250K
Basketball
22 M · 25 W
$333K
Rodeo
31 M · 15 W
$322K
Volleyball
· 16 W
$106K
Softball
· 15 W
$190K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 1,371 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
0
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
0
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

No criminal offenses reported.

By location

0total

    VAWA offenses

    0
    Domestic violence
    0
    Dating violence
    0
    Stalking
    0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

    Hate crimes by bias

    No hate crimes reported.

    Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

    CategoryArrestsReferrals
    Weapons00
    Drugs30
    Liquor200

    Residence-hall fires

    No residence-hall fires reported.

    Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

    Student-faculty ratio

    Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

    Student-to-faculty
    19.0:1
    Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
    37

    Clarendon College vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions Clarendon College selected for federal comparison reporting.

    GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
    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
    SubjectClarendon College
    41%1,564$8,373Community College
    Arkansas State University Three Rivers
    1,983$7,520Community College
    Arkansas State University-Newport
    1,868$9,730Community College
    Bladen Community College
    1,173$7,858Community College
    Dakota College at Bottineau
    1,204$12,515Community College
    Denmark Technical College
    675$20,601Community College
    Eastern Wyoming College
    1,457$4,989Community College
    Flint Hills Technical College
    1,794$15,533Community College
    Hazard Community and Technical College
    3,134$3,376Community College
    Helena College University of Montana
    1,554$14,455Community College
    Highlands College of Montana Tech
    727$12,184Community College
    Kirtland Community College
    1,905$9,615Community College
    Lakes Region Community College
    735$19,607Community College
    Lakeshore Technical College
    3,303$8,579Community College
    Manhattan Area Technical College
    878$11,752Community College
    Minnesota State College Southeast
    2,331$15,548Community College
    Northeastern Technical College
    1,428$7,833Community College
    Northland Pioneer College
    3,158$9,251Community College
    Northwest Iowa Community College
    1,907$12,357Community College
    Northwest Technical College
    978$12,941Community College
    Pine Technical & Community College
    1,794$10,281Community College
    Richland Community College
    2,388$5,393Community College
    River Valley Community College
    677$20,455Community College
    Salem Community College
    1,135$9,837Community College
    Salina Area Technical College
    1,016$7,018Community College
    Southeastern Illinois College
    1,446$5,571Community College
    Southeastern Technical College
    1,903$6,072Community College
    Southwest Wisconsin Technical College
    2,849$10,277Community College
    Wabash Valley College
    $8,134Community College
    White Mountains Community College
    577$16,767Community College
    Williamsburg Technical College
    668$6,055Community College
    Peer group median41%1,506$9,730

    Clarendon College Institutional Research office

    The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

    Office
    Department of Institutional Research and Effectiveness
    Phone
    (806) 874-3571
    Address
    1122 College Drive, PO Box 968, Clarendon, Texas 79226

    The primary purpose of the IR/IE Department is to assist in the collecting and dissemination of data and the preparation of reports for both internal and external use.

    Visit IR office page
    Team
    1 member
    • Brandi Havens
      Registrar, Director of Institutional Research

    Reports & documents (1)

    Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

    Frequently asked questions about Clarendon College

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Clarendon College.

    What is the graduation rate at Clarendon College?

    Clarendon College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 41% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend Clarendon College?

    Clarendon College reports a total enrollment of 1,564 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at Clarendon College?

    The average net price at Clarendon College is $8,373 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    Where is Clarendon College located?

    Clarendon College is located in Clarendon, Texas 79226.

    Who runs Institutional Research at Clarendon College?

    Clarendon College's IR work is done by the Department of Institutional Research and Effectiveness.

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