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Texarkana College

Texarkana, Texas·Public, 2-year·Southwest·texarkanacollege.edu
6-yr Graduation
47%
+23.5pp vs Community College
Total enrollment
4,290
peer median 4,533
Avg net price
$7,236
-$193 vs Community College
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Texarkana College is a community college located in Texarkana, Texas. It offers around 40 degree and certificate programs alongside various non-credit training options. The college focuses on areas such as health sciences, liberal and performing arts, social sciences, STEM, and business, and is noted for its high student completion rates.

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
47%+23.5pp vs Community College
Full-time retention
45%

Pell equity

42.0pp gap
Pell recipients
42%
Non-Pell
0%

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 47 Title IV programs, 4 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 43 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
47
Passing
4
8.5% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

47programs
  • Passing4 · 8.5%
  • No Data43 · 91.5%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
2
Safe
1
No data
43

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.

4
Business/Commerce General
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+1.1%
$33,660 vs $33,298
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+10.0%
$36,622 vs $33,298
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Associate Degree · Security And Protective Services
+18.8%
$39,567 vs $33,298
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+106.2%
$68,674 vs $33,298

Near the line (±5%)

Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.

1
Business/Commerce General
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+1.1%
+$362

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

7
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
33%
$12,000 debt · $36,622 earn
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
Undergraduate Certificate · Personal And Culinary Services
25%
$5,350 debt · $21,817 earn
Heating Air Conditioning Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC HACR HVAC HVACR)
Undergraduate Certificate · Mechanic And Repair Technologies/Technicians
23%
$9,250 debt · $39,740 earn
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
Undergraduate Certificate · Mechanic And Repair Technologies/Technicians
19%
$6,500 debt · $33,865 earn
Practical Nursing Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
19%
$10,750 debt · $57,338 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
17%
$11,520 debt · $68,674 earn
Precision Metal Working
Undergraduate Certificate · Precision Production
14%
$6,000 debt · $43,600 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Accredited since 1931Next review Jun 2026

Programmatic accreditations · 1

Action history · 11

  1. May 2025Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  2. Dec 2023Deny Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  3. Dec 2023Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  4. Dec 2023Deny Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  5. Dec 2023Deny Substantive Change: Other
    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.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$6,517
$30–48k$6,155
$48–75k$8,721
$75–110k$11,667
$110k+$13,380

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

Avg net price
$7,236
-$193vs Community College median $7,429
Federal loans
8.7%
In-state tuition
$2,476
Out-of-state
$5,332

Federal aid volume & trends

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

In AY 2024–25, 1,477 students received $7.0M in Pell grants, alongside $1.8M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,477
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$7.0M
$6,974,464 total
Direct Loans
$1.8M
552 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

2k
20
1k
21
1k
22
1k
23
1k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$968K
289 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$834K
263 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.

Of 532 borrowers who entered repayment, 30 (5.6%) defaulted within three years above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
5.6%
+3.3pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
532
Defaulted
30
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
23.8%
2017
19.8%
2018
17.6%
2019
5.6%
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 Texarkana College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs40
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

360 total completions
01Liberal Arts
12033.3%
02Health Professions
11130.8%
03Business
5214.4%
04Mechanic
143.9%
05Personal/Culinary
143.9%
06Security/Protective
133.6%
07Education
133.6%
08Family/Consumer Sci
92.5%
09Computer Sciences
71.9%
10Engineering Tech
71.9%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

Fall total
4,290
12-mo unduplicated
4,731
Undergraduate
4,731
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
38%1,782
Women
62%2,949

Race / ethnicity composition

White
53.0%
Black
30.3%
Hispanic
9.3%
Two or more
3.5%
Non-resident
1.6%
Asian
0.8%
Unknown
0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.3%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

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

Athletes
60
36 M · 24 W
Women athletes
40.0%
Athletic aid
$202K
Total student aid
Budget
$627K
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$123K
$79K
Recruiting expense
$866
$634
Head-coach salaries
$32K
$34K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 3

Baseball
29 M ·
$252K
Softball
· 18 W
$203K
Golf
7 M · 6 W
$148K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

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

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 3,800 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
0
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
    Weapons01
    Drugs10
    Liquor01

    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.

    Student-to-faculty
    21.0:1
    Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
    92

    Texarkana College vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions Texarkana College selected for federal comparison reporting.

    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
    SubjectTexarkana College
    47%4,290$7,236Community College
    Angelina College
    3,890$8,900Community College
    Bossier Parish Community College
    5,561$9,840Community College
    Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas
    1,312$5,200Community College
    Kilgore College
    7,198$6,629Community College
    Navarro College
    6,557$14,579Community College
    Northeast Texas Community College
    3,208$8,590Community College
    Panola College
    2,691$7,429Community College
    Paris Junior College
    4,533$6,662Community College
    Trinity Valley Community College
    5,961$3,801Community College
    Tyler Junior College
    0%11,885$9,924Baccalaureate
    Peer group median24%4,533$7,429

    Texarkana College Institutional Research office

    The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

    Team
    1 member
    • Jamie Ashby
      Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Research

    Reports & documents (1)

    Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

    Notable alumni of Texarkana College (3)

    A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.

    • Ryan Lynch
      Athletics
    • Larry Teague
    • Luke Walker

    Frequently asked questions about Texarkana College

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Texarkana College.

    What is the graduation rate at Texarkana College?

    Texarkana College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 47% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend Texarkana College?

    Texarkana College reports a total enrollment of 4,290 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at Texarkana College?

    The average net price at Texarkana College is $7,236 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    Where is Texarkana College located?

    Texarkana College is located in Texarkana, Texas 75599.

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