Community colleges
Community Colleges in Texas
CampusPin lists 41 public community colleges among Texas's 234 colleges, about 17.5% of the state's institutions. Community colleges are the most affordable on-ramp to higher education, with a median published in-state tuition of $2,933 in this snapshot.
Texas community colleges by the numbers
- Community colleges
- 41
- Share of state colleges
- 17.5%
- Median published in-state tuition
- $2,933
- National public 2-year median
- $4,288
- Lowest published tuition
- Lamar State College-Port Arthur ($1,770)
Counts and shares come from CampusPin's committed institution-distribution snapshot; the tuition median is the published in-state figure from the tuition-by-state snapshot. Those cover every community college in the state. Here a community college means a public two-year college; private two-year and career schools are not counted. The list below covers all 41 of them. Published prices are before financial aid, net price is typically lower, and lower tuition is not a measure of quality.
What work without a bachelor's degree pays in Texas
70% of jobs in Texas are in occupations the federal government reports as typically entered with an associate degree, a certificate, some college, a high-school diploma, or no formal credential. 29% of that employment pays more than $48,620, the median wage across all occupations there.
- Jobs not typically needing a bachelor's
- 70%
- Of those, paying above the local median
- 29%
- Texas median wage, all occupations
- $48,620
- Best-paid such occupation in Texas
- Air traffic controllers ($170,080) — typically entered with an associate's degree
These figures describe occupations, not graduates. They do not measure what community-college students in Texas earn, and they are not evidence that any credential caused the pay. Typical entry education is a national assignment describing what people entering an occupation usually hold, not a requirement and not a guarantee that a particular employer accepts it. A median describes everyone working in an occupation, experienced and new alike, so it is not a starting salary, and wages are not adjusted for cost of living.
All community colleges in Texas
- Alvin Community College, Alvin · $1,906 published in-state tuition
- Amarillo College, Amarillo · $2,136 published in-state tuition
- Angelina College, Lufkin · $3,430 published in-state tuition
- Blinn College District, Brenham · $4,890 published in-state tuition
- Central Texas College, Killeen · $3,750 published in-state tuition
- Cisco College, Cisco · $4,710 published in-state tuition
- Clarendon College, Clarendon · $3,720 published in-state tuition
- Coastal Bend College, Beeville · $2,916 published in-state tuition
- El Paso Community College, El Paso · $4,080 published in-state tuition
- Frank Phillips College, Borger · $3,712 published in-state tuition
- Hill College, Hillsboro · $3,570 published in-state tuition
- Houston Community College, Houston · $2,040 published in-state tuition
- Howard College, Big Spring · $2,766 published in-state tuition
- Kilgore College, Kilgore · $2,160 published in-state tuition
- Lamar Institute of Technology, Beaumont · $2,844 published in-state tuition
- Lamar State College-Orange, Orange · $3,540 published in-state tuition
- Lamar State College-Port Arthur, Port Arthur · $1,770 published in-state tuition
- Lee College, Baytown · $2,520 published in-state tuition
- McLennan Community College, Waco · $3,660 published in-state tuition
- Navarro College, Corsicana · $3,008 published in-state tuition
- North Central Texas College, Gainesville · $3,600 published in-state tuition
- Northeast Lakeview College, Universal City · $3,412 published in-state tuition
- Northeast Texas Community College, Mount Pleasant · $2,980 published in-state tuition
- Northwest Vista College, San Antonio · $3,412 published in-state tuition
- Palo Alto College, San Antonio · $3,412 published in-state tuition
- Panola College, Carthage · $2,352 published in-state tuition
- Paris Junior College, Paris · $2,700 published in-state tuition
- Ranger College, Ranger · $2,766 published in-state tuition
- South Plains College, Levelland · $2,731 published in-state tuition
- Southwest College for the Deaf, Big Spring · $2,766 published in-state tuition
- Southwest Texas Junior College, Uvalde · $2,646 published in-state tuition
- St Philip's College, San Antonio · $3,412 published in-state tuition
- Tarrant County College District, Fort Worth · $1,863 published in-state tuition
- Temple College, Temple · $3,000 published in-state tuition
- Texarkana College, Texarkana · $2,476 published in-state tuition
- Texas Southmost College, Brownsville · $3,148 published in-state tuition
- Texas State Technical College, Waco · $7,212 published in-state tuition
- Vernon College, Vernon · $3,720 published in-state tuition
- Victoria College, Victoria · $2,976 published in-state tuition
- Western Texas College, Snyder · $3,300 published in-state tuition
- Wharton County Junior College, Wharton · $3,192 published in-state tuition
Why start at a Texas community college?
Community colleges typically offer open or less-selective admission, the lowest published tuition of any sector, and transfer pathways that let students complete lower-division coursework before moving to a four-year university. They also serve working and returning students with part-time, evening, and online options. Confirm transfer-credit and articulation agreements with each college and your target university. Because two-year colleges anchor the low-cost end of every state's mix, our cost and outcomes by state research puts that affordability in context against each state's overall medians.
Community colleges in nearby states
Data sources & methodology
Community-college counts and shares for Texas come from CampusPin's committed institution-distribution and tuition-by-state snapshots; the college list is compiled live from each institution's record.
Sources used across this page
Not every source informs every figure. Each data point draws on the source appropriate to it see the relevant section and the data dictionary for field-level provenance.
IPEDS / NCES College Navigator
Federal enrollment, admissions, tuition, retention, and program data. Released annually with a 1–2 year lag.
U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard
Net price by income band, post-graduation earnings, and federal aid context.
Institutional websites
Each school's official admissions, registrar, and financial-aid pages are the authoritative source for current details.
Where a value is unavailable it is shown as unavailable, never as 0, free, or a negative judgment. Always confirm final details with the institution before applying.
Suggested citation
CampusPin. Community Colleges in Texas. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/community-colleges-in/texas