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Trinity Valley Community College

Athens, Texas·Public, 4-year or above·Southwest·tvcc.edu
6-yr Graduation
27%
Total enrollment
5,961
peer median 5,312
Avg net price
$4,092
-$2.7k vs Community College
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About

Trinity Valley Community College (TVCC) is a public community college based in Athens, Texas. It has six campuses serving five counties across the southeast and eastern parts of the state.

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

Overall completion
27%

Pell equity

7.1pp gap
Pell recipients
24%88 of 373
Non-Pell (all)
31%109 of 351
Subsidized loan, no Pell
32%6 of 19
No Federal Aid
31%103 of 332

Non-Pell students graduate at a 7.1-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 57 Title IV programs, 9 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 47 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
57
Passing
9
15.8% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
1
1.8% of portfolio
Fail rate
1.8%
+1.2pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

57programs
  • Passing9 · 15.8%
  • No Data47 · 82.5%
  • Failing1 · 1.8%

Severity spectrum

Critical
1
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
1
Safe
8
No data
47

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.

10
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
Associate Degree · Personal And Culinary Services
-45.8%
$18,037 vs $33,298
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+24.5%
$41,442 vs $33,298
Education General
Associate Degree · Education
+30.2%
$43,369 vs $33,298
Precision Metal Working
Associate Degree · Precision Production
+32.0%
$43,964 vs $33,298
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Associate Degree · Security And Protective Services
+33.3%
$44,371 vs $33,298
Psychology General
Associate Degree · Psychology
+37.9%
$45,926 vs $33,298
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+41.2%
$47,004 vs $33,298
Practical Nursing Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+47.2%
$49,001 vs $33,298

Debt vs earnings

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

8
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Associate Degree · Security And Protective Services
40%
$17,824 debt · $44,371 earn
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
Associate Degree · Personal And Culinary Services
31%
$5,500 debt · $18,037 earn
Education General
Associate Degree · Education
25%
$10,750 debt · $43,369 earn
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
21%
$10,000 debt · $47,004 earn
Practical Nursing Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
20%
$9,761 debt · $49,001 earn
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
19%
$8,000 debt · $41,442 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
17%
$11,528 debt · $67,688 earn
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
15%
$8,812 debt · $60,204 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 1952Next review Jun 2027

Action history · 23

  1. Dec 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  2. Jun 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  3. Mar 2025Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  4. Dec 2024Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  5. Dec 2024Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    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$2,338
$30–48k$3,182
$48–75k$5,186
$75–110k$9,397
$110k+$12,640

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

Avg net price
$4,092
-$2,667vs Community College median $6,759
Federal loans
12.3%
In-state tuition
$2,640
Out-of-state
$5,970

Federal aid volume & trends

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

In AY 2024–25, 2,458 students received $11.7M in Pell grants, alongside $4.6M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
2,458
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$11.7M
$11,679,142 total
Direct Loans
$4.6M
1,472 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

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

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$2.2M
781 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$2.3M
681 loan awards
Parent PLUS$61K
10 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 790 borrowers who entered repayment, 34 (4.3%) defaulted within three years above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
4.3%
+2.0pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
790
Defaulted
34
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
21.9%
2017
20.9%
2018
17.1%
2019
4.3%
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 TVCC

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs54
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

1,012 total completions
01Liberal Arts
73272.3%
02Health Professions
19319.1%
03Business
262.6%
04Education
212.1%
05Computer Sciences
101.0%
06Precision Production
90.9%
07Agriculture
60.6%
08Legal Professions
60.6%
09Security/Protective
50.5%
10Visual/Performing Arts
40.4%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

Fall total
5,961
12-mo unduplicated
8,116
Undergraduate
8,116
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
39%3,137
Women
61%4,979

Race / ethnicity composition

White
44.8%
Hispanic
29.7%
Black
12.6%
Unknown
7.5%
Two or more
2.7%
Non-resident
1.0%
Asian
0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.2%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

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

Athletes
374
191 M · 183 W
Women athletes
48.9%
Athletic aid
$1.9M
Total student aid
Budget
$5.8M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$622K
$887K
Recruiting expense
$36K
$39K
Head-coach salaries
$54K
$53K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 6

Football
91 M ·
$1.1M
Other Sports
· 36 W
$1.4M
Basketball
18 M · 12 W
$1.0M
Soccer
· 28 W
$468K
Softball
· 24 W
$622K
Volleyball
· 19 W
$468K

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
0.57
3 offenses · 5,300 students

3-year trend

0.732 yrs ago0.561 yr ago0.57Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
10
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

Burglary
3

By location

3total
  • On campus3

Includes 3 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

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
Weapons10
Drugs24
Liquor01

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Data quality: 1 report was later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.

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)
149

TVCC vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions TVCC 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
SubjectTrinity Valley Community College
27%5,961$4,092Community College
5,872$8,525Community College
9,262$4,600Community College
5,092$9,905Community College
5,561$10,706Community College
8,373$10,265Community College
4,324$5,880Community College
4,158$7,577Community College
5,039$5,643Community College
4,101$6,147Community College
5,119$6,727Community College
5,540$14,629Community College
7,198$5,364Community College
4,193$7,287Community College
11,029$5,798Baccalaureate
6,557$14,820Community College
3,367$11,261Community College
3,208$6,706Community College
2,691$5,216Community College
4,533$7,690Community College
9,098$6,791Community College
2,299$6,404Community College
6,520$9,967Community College
5,504$4,666Community College
Peer group median27%5,312$6,759

Institutions like TVCC

Explore the federal data for institutions in TVCC's comparison group.

TVCC Institutional Research office

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

Office
Office of Institutional Research
Email
Research [at] tvcc.edu
Phone
903-675-6313
Address
Room 110 - General Studies Building, 100 Cardinal Drive, Athens, TX 75751

Our purpose is to collect and transform data into information that will aid data-driven decision making in support of TVCC's overall mission.

Visit IR office page
Team
3 members
  • Sabrina Barron
    Institutional Effectiveness + Research Analyst
  • Brad Burnett
    Senior Research & Assessment Analyst
  • Michael Miller
    Data Analyst

Reports & documents (1)

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

Grants & funding (4)

Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.

Notable alumni of TVCC (2)

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

  • Adut Bulgak
    Athletics
  • Shawn Kemp
    Athletics

Frequently asked questions about Trinity Valley Community College

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about TVCC.

What is the graduation rate at Trinity Valley Community College?

Trinity Valley Community College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 27% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Trinity Valley Community College?

Trinity Valley Community College reports a total enrollment of 5,961 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Trinity Valley Community College?

The average net price at Trinity Valley Community College is $4,092 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

Where is Trinity Valley Community College located?

Trinity Valley Community College is located in Athens, Texas 75751.

Who runs Institutional Research at Trinity Valley Community College?

Trinity Valley Community College's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Research.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.

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