Houston Community College Cost Per Credit Hour

What Does It Cost to Attend Houston Community College While Enrolled Part-Time?

See current per-credit-hour charges for part-time students at Houston Community College, plus the regular full-year tuition and fees for context.

Here’s what this page covers:

In-state part-time students are charged $121 for every credit hour. The out-of-state per-credit-hour rate is $151 for every credit hour.

	In-State	Out-of-State
Cost Per Credit Hour	$121	$151

Remember that this per-credit-hour figure is before any grant aid or scholarships that could lower the cost.

For context, the standard annual tuition and fees for full-time undergraduates at Houston Community College follow below.

The fees portion of those annual totals amounted to $1,440 in-state and $1,836 out-of-state; the balance is base tuition.

The totals above are for instruction and do not cover room and board.

Tuition at Houston Community College has shifted over the past few years.

Tuition tends to creep up year over year at most schools, so a freshman should expect to pay more by senior year.

Add a yearly growth assumption to your budget so the back half of the degree doesn’t outrun your funding plan.

Cost per credit hour is just the starting figure — aid and scholarships can meaningfully lower the real cost.

For details on financial aid availability at Houston Community College, head to the Houston Community College Financial Aid page.