St Philip's College
About
St. Philip's College is a public historically black community college in San Antonio, Texas. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and part of the Alamo Colleges District. The college currently serves more than 21,000 students in over 70 different academic and technical disciplines. It is the westernmost historically black college or university in the United States and is located in the East Side, the historic home of the city's African American community.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 40.0-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 83 Title IV programs, 8 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 75 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing8 · 9.6%
- No Data75 · 90.4%
- 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 · 5
Action history · 28
- Aug 2025Initial AccreditationAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (PNUR) - Practical nursing programs
- Aug 2025Initial AccreditationAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
- Apr 2025Warning or Equivalent-Factors Affecting Academic QualityAmerican Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education · Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) - Programs leading to an associate degree
- Dec 2024Grant Substantive Change: DegreeSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Dec 2024Renewal 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, 5,591 students received $26.6M in Pell grants, alongside $3.7M 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 494 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 St Philip's 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
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 campus3
- Non-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.
St Philip's College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions St Philip's 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSt Philip's College | 28% | — | 17,299 | $4,873 | Community College |
Austin Community College District | — | — | 39,727 | $6,306 | Baccalaureate |
Broward College | — | — | 30,728 | $20,077 | Baccalaureate |
Chandler-Gilbert Community College | — | — | 15,085 | $12,653 | Community College |
Collin County Community College District | — | — | 39,548 | $8,986 | Baccalaureate |
Cuyahoga Community College District | — | — | 17,840 | $4,538 | Community College |
Dallas College | — | — | 69,749 | $4,146 | Community College |
El Paso Community College | — | — | 25,567 | $4,154 | Community College |
Estrella Mountain Community College | — | — | 10,109 | $12,211 | Community College |
GateWay Community College | — | — | 5,553 | $12,871 | Community College |
GateWay Community College-Central City | — | — | 595 | $4,239 | — |
Glendale Community College | — | — | 13,914 | $12,158 | Community College |
Houston Community College | — | — | 53,253 | $6,738 | Community College |
Lone Star College System | — | — | 73,077 | $9,322 | Community College |
Mesa Community College | — | — | 17,077 | $13,438 | Community College |
Miami Dade College | — | — | 58,941 | $5,929 | Baccalaureate |
Northern Virginia Community College | — | — | 56,457 | $8,554 | Community College |
Northwest Vista College | — | — | 20,060 | $4,546 | Community College |
Palo Alto College | — | — | 12,395 | $4,374 | Community College |
Paradise Valley Community College | — | — | 6,148 | $13,478 | Community College |
Phoenix College | — | — | 10,660 | $11,728 | Community College |
Rio Salado College | — | — | 18,841 | $8,764 | Community College |
San Antonio College | — | — | 19,901 | $5,290 | Community College |
San Jacinto Community College | — | — | 31,812 | $7,540 | Community College |
Scottsdale Community College | — | — | 7,065 | $14,380 | Community College |
South Mountain Community College | — | — | 4,516 | $11,942 | Community College |
South Texas College | 20% | — | 27,431 | $1,291 | Baccalaureate |
Tarrant County College District | — | — | 43,928 | $6,073 | Community College |
Tidewater Community College | — | — | 16,884 | $7,991 | Community College |
Valencia College | — | — | 47,425 | $10,399 | Baccalaureate |
| Peer group median | 24% | — | 19,371 | $8,273 |
St Philip's College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The mission of the Institutional Research, Planning, and Effectiveness Office is to create a culture of evidence to support NVC’s strategic and operational planning processes and institutional assessment activities. This is accomplished by collecting and maintaining data for analysis and reporting.
Visit IR office page- Dr. Eliza HernandezDirector of Institutional Research, Planning and Effectiveness
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Grants & funding (5)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
- opportunityFederal Pell GrantU.S. Department of Educationinstitution_site
- opportunityFederal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG)U.S. Department of Educationinstitution_site
- opportunityTexas Educational Opportunity Grant (TEOG)State of Texasinstitution_site
- opportunityTexas Public Education Grant – Continuing Education (TPEG-CE)State of Texasinstitution_site
- opportunityTexas Public Education Grant (TPEG)State of Texasinstitution_site
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