Tarrant County
College District
Public Community College in Fort Worth, TX. Six-year graduation rate 34%. Median 10-year earnings $42,727.
Ten years after entry, the median Tarrant County College District student earns $42,727 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 34% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $9,104.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.21 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 34% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 34% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. 70% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. A 24% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. The part-time picture is harder: 58% return, against 70% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 40,214 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $4,449 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($3,334 versus $10,749), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Only 35% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. Only 7% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 1,935 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $3,334 |
| $30–48k | $3,899 |
| $48–75k | $5,406 |
| $75–110k | $7,299 |
| $110k+ | $10,749 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,988 of these 40,214 students, totalling $15,550,400 — an average of $5,204 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Tarrant County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)