Houston Community College Overview (2024)

by our College Data Analytics Team

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This overview covers the essential stats on Houston Community College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.

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• Rankings
• Admission and Acceptance
• Faculty
• Retention and Graduation Rates
• Diversity
• Cost
• Student Debt
• Average Earnings
• Location
• Majors
• Online Learning

How Well Is Houston Community College Ranked?

2024 Rankings

College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.

Houston Community College was awarded 431 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is .

Overall Quality

Houston Community College landed the #308 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Houston Community College held the #651 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Out of the 115 colleges in Texas, Houston Community College is ranked at #17.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Houston Community College?

Acceptance Rate

Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Houston Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.

Learn more about Houston Community College admissions.

Houston Community College Faculty

Student to Faculty Ratio

With a student to faculty ratio of 18 to 1, Houston Community College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Houston Community College is 33%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Retention and Graduation Rates at Houston Community College

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophom*ore year at a particular school. The rate at Houston Community College is 63%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

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Houston Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 48,329 undergraduates at Houston Community College with 14,143 being full-time and 34,186 being part-time.

How Much Does Houston Community College Cost?

The overall average net price of Houston Community College is $4,813. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Houston Community College

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Houston Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Houston Community College, approximately 14% of students took out student loans averaging $5,657 a year. That adds up to $22,628 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Houston Community College is 12.7%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

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How Much Money Do Houston Community College Graduates Make?

Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Houston Community College make around $37,512 per year during the early years of their employment. Unfortunately, this is 12% less that the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, graduates in your major field may make more.

See which majors at Houston Community College make the most money.

Location of Houston Community College

Houston Community College is a public institution situated in Houston, Texas. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

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Contact details for Houston Community College are given below.

Houston Community College Majors

Learn more about the majors offered at Houston Community College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Houston Community College

Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.

In 2020-2021, 36,168 students took at least one online class at Houston Community College. This is a decrease from the 42,754 students who took online classes the previous year.

Learn more about online learning at Houston Community College.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• College Scorecard
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

More about our data sources and methodologies.