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North Central Texas College Data & Information Overview

7 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
13% Student Loan Default Rate
This overview covers the essential stats on North Central Texas College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
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How Well Is North Central Texas College Ranked?

#1,543 Best Colleges in Nation
#82 Best Colleges in TX
General Studies Highest Ranked Major
Value Badge

2024 Rankings

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 7 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general studies.

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Overall Quality

NCTC landed the #1,543 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 is an improvement over the previous year, when NCTC held the #1,985 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

NCTC also holds the #82 spot on the Best Colleges in Texas ranking.

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Is It Hard to Get Into NCTC?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

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.

Learn more about North Central Texas College admissions.

North Central Texas College Faculty

17 to 1 Student to Faculty
100% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at North Central Texas College is about average at 17 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

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%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  100 out of 100
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100

Retention and Graduation Rates at North Central Texas College

66% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

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 66%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  66 out of 100
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100

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North Central Texas College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,737 Full-Time Undergraduates
42.4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
56.4% Percent Women

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.

How Much Does North Central Texas College Cost?

$6,519 Net Price
18% Take Out Loans
$21,020 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of NCTC is $6,519. 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 NCTC

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$5,004 $4,866 $7,332 $8,836 $8,844

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.

Student Loan Debt

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 $5,255 a year. That adds up to $21,020 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at NCTC is 12.6%. 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 NCTC Graduates Make?

$41,253 Avg Salary of Grads
Average Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from NCTC make around $41,253 per year during the early years of their employment. This is in the same neighborhood of the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, certain majors may produce higher-paying graduates.

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Location of North Central Texas College

Texas State
1,737 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
North Central Texas College is a public institution located in Gainesville, Texas. Gainesville is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

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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: www.nctc.edu/

North Central Texas College Majors

17 Majors With Completions
967 Undergraduate Degrees
Learn more about the majors offered at North Central Texas College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at NCTC

67% Take At Least One Class Online
43% Take All Classes Online

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 2020-2021, 5,098 students took at least one online class at North Central Texas College. This is a decrease from the 7,448 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 5,098 3,269
2019-2020 7,448 4,649
2018-2019 4,611 1,940
2017-2018 4,967 2,170
2016-2017 4,266 1,749

Learn more about online learning at North Central Texas 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.

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