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Grayson College

Denison, Texas·Public, 4-year or above·Southwest·grayson.edu
6-yr Graduation
40%
Total enrollment
4,324
peer median 4,939
Avg net price
$4,984
-$1.3k vs Community College
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About

Grayson College is a public community college in Grayson County, Texas. The main campus is in Denison and it has branch campuses in Denison and Van Alstyne.

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

Overall completion
40%
Full-time retention
67%

Pell equity

39.0pp gap
Pell recipients
39%
Non-Pell
0%

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 71 Title IV programs, 7 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 64 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
71
Passing
7
9.9% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

71programs
  • Passing7 · 9.9%
  • No Data64 · 90.1%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
7
No data
64

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.

7
Business Administration Management and Operations
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+31.3%
$43,707 vs $33,298
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+44.7%
$48,177 vs $33,298
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Associate Degree · Education
+55.4%
$51,745 vs $33,298
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Associate Degree · Security And Protective Services
+82.2%
$60,661 vs $33,298
Practical Nursing Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+98.1%
$65,949 vs $33,298
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+104.5%
$68,086 vs $33,298
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+166.7%
$88,812 vs $33,298

Debt vs earnings

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

4
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
16%
$7,750 debt · $48,177 earn
Practical Nursing Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
16%
$10,500 debt · $65,949 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
14%
$12,375 debt · $88,812 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
13%
$5,750 debt · $43,707 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 1967Next review Dec 2027

Programmatic accreditations · 3

Action history · 17

  1. Aug 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
  2. Aug 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (NUR) - Baccalaureate program
  3. Nov 2023Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  4. May 2023Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  5. Oct 2022Grant Substantive Change: Program
    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$3,744
$30–48k$4,640
$48–75k$6,643
$75–110k$10,213
$110k+$12,011

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

Avg net price
$4,984
-$1,278vs Community College median $6,262
Federal loans
9.8%
In-state tuition
$2,910
Out-of-state
$5,850

Federal aid volume & trends

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

In AY 2024–25, 1,841 students received $8.3M in Pell grants, alongside $2.1M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,841
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$8.3M
$8,302,825 total
Direct Loans
$2.1M
616 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
20
1k
21
2k
22
2k
23
2k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$971K
333 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$1.1M
282 loan awards
Parent PLUS$10K
1 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 486 borrowers who entered repayment, 22 (4.5%) defaulted within three years above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
4.5%
+2.2pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
486
Defaulted
22
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
22.5%
2017
19.6%
2018
11.9%
2019
4.5%
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 Grayson College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs50
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

710 total completions
01Health Professions
30442.8%
02Liberal Arts
23433.0%
03Business
608.5%
04Security/Protective
253.5%
05Education
243.4%
06Computer Sciences
192.7%
07Engineering Tech
131.8%
08Visual/Performing Arts
111.5%
09Parks/Recreation
111.5%
10Biological Sciences
91.3%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

Fall total
4,324
12-mo unduplicated
6,120
Undergraduate
6,120
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
38%2,321
Women
62%3,799

Race / ethnicity composition

White
58.0%
Hispanic
23.1%
Black
12.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native
4.4%
Asian
2.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.2%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

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

Athletes
85
50 M · 35 W
Women athletes
41.2%
Athletic aid
$586K
Total student aid
Budget
$1.7M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$282K
$304K
Recruiting expense
$19K
$19K
Head-coach salaries
$59K
$59K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 3

Baseball
35 M ·
$455K
Basketball
15 M · 15 W
$734K
Softball
· 20 W
$456K

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
0.25
1 offenses · 3,938 students

3-year trend

1.232 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.25Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
6
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

Aggravated assault
1

By location

1total
  • On campus1

Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

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
Drugs20
Liquor00

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
20.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
120

Grayson College vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Grayson 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
SubjectGrayson College
40%4,324$4,984Community College
Lamar State College-Orange
3,629$1,691Community College
Galveston College
2,405$8,127Community College
San Jacinto Community College
31,812$7,540Community College
GateWay Community College
5,553$12,871Community College
San Juan College
6,452$4,526Community College
Peer group median40%4,939$6,262

Grayson College Institutional Research office

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

Office
Reports to Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Phone
903.465.6030
Address
6101 Grayson Drive, Denison, TX 75020

The page provides assessment resources at Grayson College under the Institutional Effectiveness division. It includes links to various assessment plans and resources from national institutes and associations. The physical address and a contact phone number for Grayson College are also listed.

Visit IR office page
Team
2 members
  • Dr. Dava Washburn
    Vice President of Instruction
  • Alison Soeder
    Director of Stragetic Planning and Assessment

Frequently asked questions about Grayson College

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

What is the graduation rate at Grayson College?

Grayson College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 40% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Grayson College?

Grayson College reports a total enrollment of 4,324 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Grayson College?

The average net price at Grayson College is $4,984 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

Where is Grayson College located?

Grayson College is located in Denison, Texas 75020-8299.

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