Texarkana College
Public Community College in Texarkana, TX. Six-year graduation rate 47%. Median 10-year earnings $34,647.
Students who entered Texarkana College reach a median of $34,647 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 47% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates leave owing a median of $10,500 — modest by four-year standards. It also moves people — 2.2% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.30 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 47%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention is weak: only 45% of full-time first-years return, so roughly three in five leave after one year. At 21:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. As a public community college, the relevant comparison is other two-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. 3,882 undergraduates makes this a mid-sized institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,609 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $8,804 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($7,996 versus $15,660), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 70% of students at an average of $5,128. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 18% of students.
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 · 244 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 | $7,996 |
| $30–48k | $7,865 |
| $48–75k | $9,907 |
| $75–110k | $13,162 |
| $110k+ | $15,660 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 282 of these 1,609 students, totalling $1,610,745 — an average of $5,712 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bowie 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)