Texas County
Technical College
For-profit College in Houston, MO. Six-year graduation rate 25%. Median 10-year earnings $40,843.
Ten-year median earnings of $40,843 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Only 25% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $13,195.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.32 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 25% — below national average
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 100%, Texas County Technical College takes nearly everyone who applies. With 29 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. 55% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 25% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention is strong at 82%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. At 10:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Being a for-profit two-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 71 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $16,822 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $17,080 at the $0–30k band to $28,916 at $110k+. Most students get help: 85% receive grants worth $8,198 on average. Borrowing is widespread: 77% take federal loans.
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 · 22 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 | $17,080 |
| $30–48k | $18,556 |
| $48–75k | $19,804 |
| $75–110k | $26,993 |
| $110k+ | $28,916 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 55 of these 71 students, totalling $628,538 — an average of $11,428 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Texas 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)