Texas College
A good fit for families looking for lower cost and students who want small classes and close faculty access. graduation rate is below 25% — most students don't finish here; freshman retention is below 65%. 85% of students receive Pell Grants — strong access mission.
About This School
Texas College is a private nonprofit institution located in Tyler, Texas with approximately 644 undergraduate students enrolled. The average net price after financial aid is $10,650 per year. The graduation rate is 11%, and the typical graduate earns $28,000 within 10 years of enrollment.
Texas College is a private, historically black Christian Methodist Episcopal college in Tyler, Texas. It is affiliated with the United Negro College Fund. It was founded in 1894 by a group of ministers affiliated with the Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church, a predominantly black denomination, which was at the time known as the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America. They planned to provide for education of African-American students, who were excluded from the segregated university system of Texas. They planned a full literary, scientific, and classical education for theology, normal training of lower-school teachers, music, commercial and industrial training, and agricultural and mechanical sciences.
The numbers tell a mixed story here — an 11% graduation rate and 60% freshman retention suggest most students who enroll don't finish, which is a serious concern worth examining before committing. On the positive side, the net price of $10,650/year is genuinely affordable, and for students who value the school's historic mission as a HBCU with deep roots in the Black Methodist community since 1894, that context matters. Just go in clear-eyed: median earnings of $28,000 a decade out are modest, so have a concrete plan for how your degree connects to a career.
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Will This School Pay Off?
Worth scrutinizing. Median earnings relative to debt are tight.
Earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. These are means across all graduates, not specific to any major.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (644 undergraduates).
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Primary data source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Accessed via automated sync. Latest values may come from different reporting years depending on the metric.
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