Panola College
About
Panola College is a public community college in Carthage, Texas, the county seat of Panola County. As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of Panola College includes:all of Marion, Panola, and Shelby Counties, and all of Harrison County excluding the territory within the Hallsville Independent School District.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
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 91 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 91 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data91 · 100.0%
- 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.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 2
Action history · 8
- Nov 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Aug 2025Renewal of AccreditationAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
- Aug 2023Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education · Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) - Programs leading to an associate degree
- Aug 2022Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Sep 2020Renewal of AccreditationSouthern 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, 940 students received $4.5M 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 479 borrowers who entered repayment, 8 (1.6%) defaulted within three years — below 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 Panola 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 · 4
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
- On campus1
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Panola College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Panola 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectPanola College | 43% | — | 2,691 | $7,429 | Community College |
Angelina College | — | — | 3,890 | $8,900 | Community College |
Barstow Community College | — | — | 3,226 | $12,347 | Community College |
Brazosport College | — | — | 3,812 | $3,022 | Baccalaureate |
Carl Albert State College | — | — | 1,851 | $6,855 | Community College |
Central Wyoming College | — | — | 2,205 | $13,622 | Community College |
Cisco College | — | — | 3,160 | $9,099 | Community College |
Clarendon College | — | — | 1,564 | $8,373 | Community College |
Clovis Community College | — | — | 2,342 | $3,318 | Community College |
Coastal Bend College | — | — | 4,259 | $3,886 | Community College |
College of Southern Idaho | — | — | 10,176 | $7,005 | Community College |
College of the Siskiyous | — | — | 1,575 | $7,241 | Community College |
Eastern Arizona College | — | — | 5,213 | $9,765 | Community College |
Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell Campus | — | — | 2,082 | $4,171 | Community College |
Frank Phillips College | — | — | 1,801 | $10,803 | Community College |
Galveston College | — | — | 2,405 | $8,127 | Community College |
Hill College | — | — | 4,158 | $6,615 | Community College |
Howard College | — | — | 4,101 | $7,681 | Community College |
Howard Community College | — | — | 8,643 | $10,225 | Community College |
Kilgore College | — | — | 7,198 | $6,629 | Community College |
New Mexico Junior College | — | — | 2,235 | $6,431 | Community College |
Northeast Texas Community College | — | — | 3,208 | $8,590 | Community College |
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College | — | — | 1,962 | $11,121 | Community College |
Northern Oklahoma College | — | — | 3,138 | $8,201 | Community College |
Northern Wyoming Community College District | — | — | 3,534 | $8,890 | Community College |
Paris Junior College | — | — | 4,533 | $6,662 | Community College |
Ranger College | — | — | 2,522 | $6,565 | Community College |
Southwestern Oregon Community College | — | — | 1,551 | $8,815 | Community College |
Taft College | — | — | 4,464 | $2,699 | Community College |
Treasure Valley Community College | — | — | 1,483 | $5,441 | Community College |
Trinity Valley Community College | — | — | 5,961 | $3,801 | Community College |
Vernon College | — | — | 2,299 | $6,571 | Community College |
Weatherford College | — | — | 6,520 | $8,664 | Community College |
Western Texas College | — | — | 1,385 | $4,094 | Community College |
Western Wyoming Community College | — | — | 2,653 | $8,420 | Community College |
Wharton County Junior College | — | — | 5,504 | $5,021 | Community College |
| Peer group median | 43% | — | 3,149 | $7,335 |
Panola College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
To aid Panola College in accomplishing its mission of providing excellence in education by supporting institutional planning and decision making; to work in conjunction with the Office of Institutional Effectiveness towards the continuous improvement of Panola College; to aid Panola College in satisfying accrediting requirements for SACSCOC and other accrediting agencies; to comply with state and federal reporting mandates.
Visit IR office page- Tryphena WalkerDirector of Institutional Research & Planning
- Kelly OvermanInstitutional Research and Planning Coordinator
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Notable alumni of Panola College (8)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Fabulous FlournoyAthletics
- Ben Z. GrantPolitics
- Eric McGillBasketball
- Drew NixonPolitics
- Mykal RileyBasketball
- Chris RossBasketball
- Dexter ShouseBasketball
- Marlon TaylorBasketball
Frequently asked questions about Panola College
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