South Plains College
About
South Plains College (SPC) is a public community college in Levelland, Texas. It also has five locations in Plainview, at the Reese Technology Center, in western Lubbock, the Lubbock Downtown Center and the Career and Technical Center.
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 84 Title IV programs, 7 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 77 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing7 · 8.3%
- No Data77 · 91.7%
- 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
Programmatic accreditations · 3
Action history · 5
- Jun 2024Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Dec 2022Grant Substantive Change: OtherSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Mar 2022Accreditation Reaffirmed: Probation RemovedAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
- Oct 2021Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Mar 2020Probation or Equivalent or More Severe Status: MonitoringAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
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, 4,244 students received $21.8M in Pell grants, alongside $7.3M 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 1,327 borrowers who entered repayment, 49 (3.6%) 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 South Plains 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 · 3
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 campus4
Includes 2 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Data quality: 1 report was later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
South Plains College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions South Plains 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSouth Plains College | 29% | — | 9,098 | $7,062 | Community College |
Amarillo College | — | — | 9,262 | $6,040 | Community College |
Blinn College District | — | — | 18,095 | $17,225 | Community College |
Central Texas College | — | — | 8,373 | $6,408 | Community College |
Clovis Community College | — | — | 2,342 | $3,318 | Community College |
Del Mar College | — | — | 10,256 | $4,250 | Community College |
Howard College | — | — | 4,101 | $7,681 | Community College |
Laredo College | — | — | 11,029 | $5,309 | Baccalaureate |
Midland College | — | — | 5,690 | $5,720 | Baccalaureate |
Odessa College | — | — | 9,981 | $9,296 | Community College |
Oklahoma City Community College | — | — | 11,475 | $5,135 | Community College |
Redlands Community College | — | — | 2,184 | $5,596 | Community College |
Seward County Community College | — | — | 2,092 | $6,742 | Community College |
Tyler Junior College | 0% | — | 11,885 | $9,924 | Baccalaureate |
| Peer group median | 14% | — | 9,180 | $6,224 |
South Plains College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
South Plains College has made a significant commitment to accountability and quality with the adoption of a comprehensive institutional effectiveness program. This planning and assessment process is based on successful accomplishments of the college's vision and mission within the context of an institutional plan and as measured by student outcomes.
Visit IR office page- Shanna DonicaDirector of Institutional Effectiveness & Assessment
- Ryan FitzgeraldDirector of Institutional Research and Reports
- Johnny LopezInstitutional Research Analyst
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Grants & funding (1)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
Notable alumni of South Plains College (5)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Waylon JenningsMusic
- Natalie MainesMusic
- Lee Ann WomackMusic
- Jedd HughesMusic
- Luis MonteroSports
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