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Tarrant County College District Data & Information Overview

434 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
14% Student Loan Default Rate
This overview covers the essential stats on Tarrant County College District, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
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How Well Is Tarrant County College District Ranked?

#671 Best Colleges in Nation
#35 Best Colleges in TX
Nursing Highest Ranked Major
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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.

Tarrant County College District was awarded 434 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.

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Overall Quality

According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Tarrant County College is ranked #671 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Tarrant County College held the #724 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Out of the 115 colleges in Texas, Tarrant County College is ranked at #35.

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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

17 to 1 Student to Faculty
38% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Tarrant County College District 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 Tarrant County College District is 38%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  38 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Tarrant County College District

62% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Tarrant County College District this rate is 62%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  62 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?

$5,147 Net Price
6% Take Out Loans
$21,904 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Tarrant County College is $5,147. 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 +
$4,947 $5,177 $6,841 $9,008 $10,340

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 6% of students took out student loans averaging $5,476 a year. That adds up to $21,904 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Tarrant County College is 14.4%. 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 Tarrant County College Graduates Make?

$39,713 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 $39,713 in their early years. This is right on par with the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 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

38 Majors With Completions
6,187 Undergraduate Degrees
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

44% Take At Least One Class Online
18% 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, 15,848 students took at least one online class at Tarrant County College District. This is a decrease from the 41,804 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 15,848 6,574
2019-2020 41,804 39,209
2018-2019 11,680 5,920
2017-2018 11,860 5,824
2016-2017 11,921 5,873

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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