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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
$5,880
-$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.

IPEDS
Overall completion
40%
Full-time retention
67%

Pell equity

2.1pp gap
Pell recipients
39%58 of 150
Non-Pell (all)
41%67 of 163
Subsidized loan, no Pell
0%0 of 1
No Federal Aid
41%67 of 162

Non-Pell students graduate at a 2.1-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.

FVT/GE

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.

DAPIP
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.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$4,513
$30–48k$5,112
$48–75k$7,682
$75–110k$11,179
$110k+$13,518

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

Avg net price
$5,880
-$1,266vs Community College median $7,146
Federal loans
8.9%
In-state tuition
$3,052
Out-of-state
$6,352

Federal aid volume & trends

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

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 1,855 students received $8.4M in Pell grants, alongside $2.1M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,855
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$8.4M
$8,356,962 total
Direct Loans
$2.1M
624 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$1.0M
337 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$1.1M
286 loan awards
Parent PLUS$12K
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.

Cohort Default Rate

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.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs50
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

659 total completions
01Health Professions
31447.6%
02Liberal Arts
17025.8%
03Business
629.4%
04Computer Sciences
324.9%
05Education
294.4%
06Security/Protective
182.7%
07Engineering Tech
132.0%
08Precision Production
81.2%
09Parks/Recreation
71.1%
10Personal/Culinary
60.9%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

IPEDS
Fall total
4,324
12-mo unduplicated
6,605
Undergraduate
6,605
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
37%2,442
Women
63%4,163

Race / ethnicity composition

White
57.3%
Hispanic
23.8%
Black
10.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native
4.9%
Asian
2.7%
Unknown
0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.2%
Non-resident
0.0%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

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

EADA
Athletes
87
50 M · 37 W
Women athletes
42.5%
Athletic aid
$586K
Total student aid
Budget
$1.8M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$282K
$304K
Recruiting expense
$21K
$21K
Head-coach salaries
$75K
$83K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 3

Baseball
35 M · —
$496K
Basketball
15 M · 15 W
$800K
Softball
— · 22 W
$496K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

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

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 4,176 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.251 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
1
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
    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.

    IPEDS
    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.

    IPEDS
    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$5,880Community College
    Lamar State College-Orange
    		——3,629$1,655Community College
    Galveston College
    		——2,405$8,412Community College
    San Jacinto Community College
    		——31,812$12,143Community College
    GateWay Community College
    		——5,553$13,339Community College
    San Juan College
    		——6,452$5,769Community College
    Peer group median40%—4,939$7,146

    Institutions like Grayson College

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

    IPEDS

    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

    Research funding

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

    NSF
    USA Spending
    $1,602,756
    All sources
    $1,602,756

    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 $5,880 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.

    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.
    National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
    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.
    U.S. Department of Education
    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.
    U.S. Department of Education
    DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
    Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    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.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    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.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
    Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
    Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
    Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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