Community Colleges in Texas
42 community colleges in Texas meet our size floor, charging between $1,863 and $5,250 a year in tuition and fees, a difference of $3,387 between the cheapest and the priciest.
The median college charges $3,004, $1,542 (34%) below the national community college median of $4,546. The median net price is $5,973, above the median tuition, because net price also counts books, transportation and living costs that tuition leaves out. That is why a community college can show a net price higher than its sticker price.
Tarrant County College District ranks first at $1,863, ahead of Alvin Community College ($1,906) and Collin County Community College District ($2,014).
How this list is built
A college appears here only if it meets every condition below.
- Colleges considered
- Public community colleges and state colleges whose main award is the associate degree
- Ranked by in-state tuition & fees, lowest first. Ties are broken by larger undergraduate enrollment, then by name.
- Main campuses only, with at least 60% of core data fields reported
- Main campus located in Texas
- At least 500 undergraduate students enrolled (fall 2024)
- A reported in-state tuition & fees value (schools without one are not ranked)
- Schools that report no tuition or a $0 price are not ranked
- State colleges that also grant a few bachelor's degrees but mostly award associate degrees are included and marked in the table
- This page is published only when at least 10 schools qualify; Texas has 42
- Data period
- In-state tuition and fees: full-time undergraduate sticker price, academic year 2024-25. Some community colleges report the in-district rate.
- Out-of-state tuition and fees: academic year 2024-25. Shown for public colleges only, because private colleges charge everyone the same price.
- Net price: average for students receiving aid, academic year 2023-24.
- Graduation rate: first-time, full-time students who started in fall 2018 (4-year) or fall 2021 (2-year), finishing within 150% of normal time.
- Enrollment: undergraduate students, fall 2024.
- Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, June 2026 release.
Showing all 42 qualifying schools. Select a column heading to re-sort the table.
| 1 | Tarrant County College District Fort Worth, TX Public · 2-year | $1,863 | $8,370 | $4,337 | 29% | 42,300 |
| 2 | Alvin Community College Alvin, TX Public · Also grants some bachelor's degrees | $1,906 | $4,402 | $8,525 | 24% | 3,342 |
| 3 | Collin County Community College District McKinney, TX Public · Also grants some bachelor's degrees | $2,014 | $6,064 | $8,969 | 21% | 26,449 |
| 4 | Houston City College Houston, TX Public · Also grants some bachelor's degrees | $2,040 | $5,460 | $5,737 | 17% | 40,503 |
| 5 | Amarillo College Amarillo, TX Public · 2-year | $2,136 | $4,704 | $4,600 | 31% | 7,399 |
| 6 | Kilgore College Kilgore, TX Public · 2-year | $2,160 | $5,256 | $5,364 | 36% | 3,215 |
| 7 | College of the Mainland Texas City, TX Public · Also grants some bachelor's degrees | $2,310 | $4,140 | $1,342 | 30% | 3,368 |
| 8 | Tyler Junior College Tyler, TX Public · Also grants some bachelor's degrees | $2,400 | $4,512 | $10,206 | 27% | 9,087 |
| 9 | Texarkana College Texarkana, TX Public · 2-year | $2,476 | $5,332 | $8,812 | 41% | 1,502 |
| 10 | San Jacinto Community College Pasadena, TX Public · Also grants some bachelor's degrees | $2,490 | $6,690 | $12,143 | 32% | 22,969 |
| 11 | Austin Community College District Austin, TX Public · Also grants some bachelor's degrees | $2,550 | $10,590 | $6,390 | 19% | 30,189 |
| 12 | Trinity Valley Community College Athens, TX Public · Also grants some bachelor's degrees | $2,640 | $5,970 | $4,092 | 26% | 5,655 |
| 13 | Odessa College Odessa, TX Public · Also grants some bachelor's degrees | $2,688 | $4,926 | $6,368 | 32% | 4,654 |
| 14 | Paris Junior College Paris, TX Public · 2-year | $2,700 | $5,700 | $7,690 | 37% | 2,204 |
| 15 | Dallas College Dallas, TX Public · Also grants some bachelor's degrees | $2,730 | $6,900 | $3,214 | 34% | 43,869 |
| 16 | South Plains College Levelland, TX Public · 2-year | $2,731 | $5,155 | $6,791 | 27% | 6,005 |
| 17 | Howard College Big Spring, TX Public · 2-year | $2,766 | $6,716 | $6,147 | 35% | 1,611 |
| 18 | Ranger College Ranger, TX Public · 2-year | $2,766 | $9,066 | $6,182 | 27% | 971 |
| 19 | Coastal Bend College Beeville, TX Public · 2-year | $2,916 | $5,226 | $4,237 | 14% | 1,958 |
| 20 | Victoria College Victoria, TX Public · 2-year | $2,976 | $5,328 | $3,043 | 27% | 2,351 |
| 21 | Temple College Temple, TX Public · 2-year | $3,000 | $7,224 | $10,682 | 29% | 3,178 |
| 22 | Navarro College Corsicana, TX Public · Also grants some bachelor's degrees | $3,008 | $6,578 | $14,820 | 23% | 3,781 |
| 23 | Texas Southmost College Brownsville, TX Public · 2-year | $3,148 | $4,948 | $3,085 | 28% | 3,372 |
| 24 | Wharton County Junior College Wharton, TX Public · 2-year | $3,192 | $5,904 | $4,666 | 24% | 4,585 |
| 25 | Laredo College Laredo, TX Public · Also grants some bachelor's degrees | $3,300 | $5,748 | $5,798 | 30% | 5,818 |
| 26 | Western Texas College Snyder, TX Public · 2-year | $3,300 | $6,150 | $3,562 | 56% | 599 |
| 27 | Lone Star College System The Woodlands, TX Public · Also grants some bachelor's degrees | $3,330 | $9,390 | $11,252 | 20% | 45,188 |
| 28 | San Antonio College San Antonio, TX Public · Also grants some bachelor's degrees | $3,412 | $9,952 | $4,585 | 24% | 16,416 |
| 29 | Northwest Vista College San Antonio, TX Public · Also grants some bachelor's degrees | $3,412 | $9,952 | $4,525 | 32% | 13,993 |
| 30 | Palo Alto College San Antonio, TX Public · Also grants some bachelor's degrees | $3,412 | $9,952 | $4,463 | 33% | 8,801 |
| 31 | Northeast Lakeview College Universal City, TX Public · 2-year | $3,412 | $9,952 | $5,029 | 33% | 6,471 |
| 32 | Del Mar College Corpus Christi, TX Public · Also grants some bachelor's degrees | $3,440 | $6,050 | $3,399 | 12% | 9,501 |
| 33 | Hill College Hillsboro, TX Public · 2-year | $3,570 | $3,570 | $7,577 | 30% | 2,253 |
| 34 | North Central Texas College Gainesville, TX Public · 2-year | $3,600 | $5,739 | $6,587 | 35% | 5,863 |
| 35 | McLennan Community College Waco, TX Public · 2-year | $3,660 | $5,910 | $5,051 | 37% | 5,668 |
| 36 | Vernon College Vernon, TX Public · 2-year | $3,720 | $6,120 | $6,404 | 20% | 2,113 |
| 37 | Clarendon College Clarendon, TX Public · 2-year | $3,720 | $5,400 | $8,390 | 51% | 1,520 |
| 38 | Central Texas College Killeen, TX Public · 2-year | $3,750 | $7,500 | $10,265 | 13% | 6,247 |
| 39 | El Paso Community College El Paso, TX Public · 2-year | $4,080 | $6,630 | $3,206 | 23% | 24,214 |
| 40 | Blinn College District Brenham, TX Public · 2-year | $4,890 | $11,370 | $10,844 | 11% | 15,535 |
| 41 | South Texas College McAllen, TX Public · Also grants some bachelor's degrees | $4,920 | $7,620 | $1,751 | 27% | 15,856 |
| 42 | Weatherford College Weatherford, TX Public · Also grants some bachelor's degrees | $5,250 | $10,860 | $9,967 | 28% | 5,094 |
How to compare these colleges
Community college tuition is often quoted at the in-district or in-state rate, and the out-of-state column shows what a nonresident would pay. Colleges marked as also granting some bachelor's degrees are state colleges that mostly award associate degrees. If you plan to transfer, check the receiving university's transfer agreements before choosing on price alone.
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