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Tarrant County College District Data & Information Overview

94 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
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How Well Is Tarrant County College District Ranked?

#272 Best Colleges in Nation
#10 Best Colleges in TX
Nursing Highest Ranked Major
Quality Badge

2025 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.

Tarrant County College District was awarded 94 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.

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Overall Quality

According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, Tarrant County College is ranked #272 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Tarrant County College held the #671 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Tarrant County College also holds the #10 spot on the Best Colleges in Texas ranking.

See all of the rankings for Tarrant County College District.

Is It Hard to Get Into Tarrant County College?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

If you are worried about getting into Tarrant County College District, 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.

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Tarrant County College District Faculty

19 to 1 Student to Faculty
37% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Tarrant County College District is 19 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.

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 Tarrant County College District is 37%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  37 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Tarrant County College District

72% 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 Tarrant County College District is 72%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  72 out of 100
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Tarrant County College District Undergraduate Student Diversity

8,643 Full-Time Undergraduates
63.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
57.0% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 43,000 undergraduates at Tarrant County College with 8,643 being full-time and 34,357 being part-time.

How Much Does Tarrant County College District Cost?

$5,668 Net Price
8% Take Out Loans
$19,664 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Tarrant County College is $5,668. 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 Tarrant County College

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$5,413 $4,472 $7,432 $9,864 $10,825

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 Tarrant County College, 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 Tarrant County College, approximately 8% of students took out student loans averaging $4,916 a year. That adds up to $19,664 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do Tarrant County College Graduates Make?

$42,727 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Tarrant County College with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $42,727 in their early years. This is right on par with the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year. Also, graduates in your major field may make more.

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Location of Tarrant County College District

Texas State
8,643 Full-Time Undergraduates
Large City Campus Setting
Tarrant County College District is a public institution located in Fort Worth, Texas. Fort Worth is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

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Contact details for Tarrant County College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 300 Trinity Campus Circle, Fort Worth, TX 76102
Phone: 817-515-8223
Website: www.tccd.edu/

Tarrant County College District Majors

48 Majors With Completions
15,026 Undergraduate Degrees
15,026 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 48 majors graduated from Tarrant County College District. Of these students, 15,026 received undergraduate degrees and 15,026 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies 4,331 NA
Business Administration & Management 450 NA
Nursing 342 NA
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair 321 NA
Computer Information Systems 315 NA
Information Technology 227 NA
Allied Health Professions 125 NA
Teacher Education Grade Specific 108 NA
Accounting 103 NA
Criminal Justice & Corrections 102 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Tarrant County College District along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Tarrant County College

37% Take At Least One Class Online
17% 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 2022-2023, 14,962 students took at least one online class at Tarrant County College District. This is a decrease from the 15,848 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2022-2023 14,962 6,668
2021-2022 15,848 6,574
2020-2021 41,804 39,209
2018-2019 11,860 5,824

Learn more about online learning at Tarrant County College District.

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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