by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
North Central Texas College was awarded 6 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general studies.
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NCTC landed the #1,487 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when NCTC held the #1,543 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
NCTC also holds the #69 spot on the Best Colleges in Texas ranking.
If you are worried about getting into North Central Texas College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At North Central Texas College, this rate is 19 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at North Central Texas College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at North Central Texas College is 63%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 8,352 undergraduates at NCTC with 1,737 being full-time and 6,615 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2,896 | $3,972 | $5,893 | $8,131 | $9,251 |
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 NCTC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At NCTC, approximately 18% of students took out student loans averaging $5,028 a year. That adds up to $20,112 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for NCTC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1525 W California Street, Gainesville, TX 76240-4699 |
| Phone: | 940-668-7731 |
| Website: | https://www.nctc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 856 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 128 | NA |
| Fire Protection | 94 | NA |
| Nursing | 77 | NA |
| Cosmetology | 71 | NA |
| Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration | 54 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 48 | NA |
| Computer Systems Networking | 44 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 42 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 39 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 4,902 students took at least one online class at North Central Texas College. This is a decrease from the 5,098 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 4,902 | 2,960 |
| 2021-2022 | 5,098 | 3,269 |
| 2020-2021 | 7,448 | 4,649 |
| 2018-2019 | 4,967 | 2,170 |
Learn more about online learning at North Central Texas College.
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.
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