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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
$8,390
-$1.7k 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

8.3pp gap
Pell recipients
36%40 of 112
Non-Pell (all)
44%66 of 149
Subsidized loan, no Pell
48%11 of 23
No Federal Aid
44%55 of 126

Non-Pell students graduate at a 8.3-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

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 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$5,755
$30–48k$6,979
$48–75k$9,780
$75–110k$12,611
$110k+$13,166

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

Avg net price
$8,390
-$1,684vs Community College median $10,074
Federal loans
11.8%
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, 532 students received $2.5M in Pell grants, alongside $1.4M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
532
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$2.5M
$2,453,886 total
Direct Loans
$1.4M
400 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$562K
190 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$793K
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

219 total completions
01Liberal Arts
17780.8%
02Health Professions
3214.6%
03Agriculture
104.6%
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
2,631
Undergraduate
2,631
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
51%1,333
Women
49%1,298

Race / ethnicity composition

White
54.7%
Hispanic
28.7%
Black
5.4%
Unknown
3.2%
Two or more
3.0%
Non-resident
2.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native
1.5%
Asian
0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

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

Athletes
170
94 M · 76 W
Women athletes
44.7%
Athletic aid
$533K
Total student aid
Budget
$1.4M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$280K
$252K
Recruiting expense
$5K
$7K
Head-coach salaries
$49K
$39K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 5

Baseball
45 M ·
$243K
Basketball
22 M · 22 W
$386K
Rodeo
27 M · 16 W
$363K
Volleyball
· 20 W
$136K
Softball
· 18 W
$188K

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 · 1,407 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
    Drugs00
    Liquor110

    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$8,390Community College
    1,983$8,070Community College
    1,868$8,444Community College
    1,173$9,551Community College
    1,204$10,039Community College
    675$19,156Community College
    1,457$4,764Community College
    1,794$16,017Community College
    3,134$2,955Community College
    1,554$11,593Community College
    727$14,962Community College
    1,905$7,456Community College
    735$13,124Community College
    3,303$9,653Community College
    878$10,074Community College
    2,331$16,140Community College
    1,428$6,913Community College
    3,158$9,240Community College
    1,907$14,800Community College
    978$10,996Community College
    1,794$12,798Community College
    2,388$3,741Community College
    677$14,804Community College
    1,135$10,816Community College
    1,016$6,468Community College
    1,446$11,437Community College
    1,903$10,612Community College
    2,849$12,896Community College
    Wabash Valley College
    $8,134Community College
    577$15,474Community College
    668$9,887Community College
    Peer group median41%1,506$10,074

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    Explore the federal data for institutions in Clarendon College's comparison group.

    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

    Research funding

    External research funding from NSF, NIH, HERD, and federal spending sources.

    USA Spending
    $4,260,182
    All sources
    $4,260,182

    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 $8,390 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.

    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.

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