Ranger College
About
Ranger College is a public community college in Ranger, Texas. The college's website asserts that it "is one of the oldest public two-year colleges in continuous operation in the state of Texas." In conjunction with its main campus in Ranger, the college maintains several satellite campuses across Erath County and Brown County, Texas. Ranger College provides dual-credit courses to over 40 area school districts.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 13.0-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 11 Title IV programs, 3 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 8 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing3 · 27.3%
- No Data8 · 72.7%
- 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.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Action history · 13
- Oct 2024Grant Substantive Change: OtherSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- May 2024Grant Substantive Change: OtherSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2023Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Dec 2022Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Dec 2022Removal of Monitoring StatusSouthern 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, 548 students received $3.0M in Pell grants, alongside $990K 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 290 borrowers who entered repayment, 10 (3.4%) defaulted within three years — above 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 Ranger 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 · 9
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.
Ranger College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Ranger 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectRanger College | 19% | — | 2,522 | $6,565 | Community College |
Atlantic Cape Community College | — | — | 4,052 | $8,502 | Community College |
Black River Technical College | — | — | 1,705 | $6,053 | Community College |
Carl Albert State College | — | — | 1,851 | $6,855 | Community College |
Cleveland State Community College | — | 100.0% | 3,282 | $6,183 | Community College |
Coffeyville Community College | — | — | 1,466 | $5,481 | Community College |
Columbia College | — | — | 2,828 | $15,468 | Community College |
Copper Mountain Community College | — | — | 2,019 | $7,962 | Community College |
Crafton Hills College | — | — | 6,768 | $10,655 | Community College |
CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Community College | — | — | 1,048 | $5,643 | Community College |
Dyersburg State Community College | — | — | 3,296 | $4,322 | Community College |
Eastern Oklahoma State College | — | — | 1,285 | $11,020 | Community College |
Fulton-Montgomery Community College | — | — | 1,865 | $7,803 | Community College |
Garden City Community College | — | — | 2,079 | $8,681 | Community College |
Garrett College | — | — | 679 | $6,396 | Community College |
Gavilan College | — | — | 6,083 | $2,244 | Community College |
Holyoke Community College | — | — | 4,200 | $6,860 | Community College |
Marion Military Institute | — | 97.0% | 332 | $10,137 | Community College |
Mineral Area College | — | — | 2,447 | $11,123 | Community College |
Murray State College | — | — | 2,949 | $15,071 | Community College |
Napa Valley College | — | — | 4,844 | $14,046 | Community College |
Orange County Community College | — | — | 5,704 | $7,442 | Community College |
Ozarka College | — | — | 1,069 | $4,396 | Community College |
Roane State Community College | — | 99.6% | 5,002 | $6,017 | Community College |
Roanoke-Chowan Community College | — | — | 668 | $8,076 | Community College |
Roxbury Community College | — | — | 2,044 | $12,544 | Community College |
Seminole State College | — | — | 1,488 | $15,328 | Community College |
SUNY Adirondack | — | — | 2,576 | $10,363 | Community College |
Three Rivers College | — | — | 2,604 | $9,980 | Community College |
University of Arkansas Community College-Morrilton | — | 100.0% | 2,248 | $11,718 | Community College |
University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College | — | — | 4,478 | $15,000 | Community College |
| Peer group median | 19% | 99.8% | 2,447 | $8,076 |
Ranger College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Institutional effectiveness at RC encompasses accreditation, assessment, and institutional research and is linked to the institution’s Quality Enhancement Plan.
Visit IR office page- Debbie KarlVice President of Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation Liaison
- John SlaughterInstitutional Research
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Notable alumni of Ranger College (2)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Mike Flynt
- Jacob Skov Olesen
Frequently asked questions about Ranger College
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