Public · Community college

Central Texas College

Killeen, Texas · Large suburb

25%
Transfer rate: $10,265
Avg net price: 11%
Grad / completion: $40,995
Median earnings

Central Texas College is a public associate-granting institution in Killeen, Texas (large suburb setting), enrolling 6,247 undergraduates. It is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 6,247 undergradsLarge suburb

About Killeen, Texas

Killeen is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Bell County. In 1881, the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway extended its tracks through central Texas, buying 360 acres (1.5 km2) a few miles southwest of a small farming community known as Palo Alto, which had existed since about 1872. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 49 miles to Waco, TX
To the ocean: 179 miles
Nearest airport: 4 miles to Killeen Regional Airport / Robert Gray Army Airfield (GRK)

How Central Texas College compares

Graduation rate11%

Higher than 1% · #245 of 253 in Texas

First-year retention60%

Higher than 24%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$40,995

Higher than 72% · #42 of 206 in Texas

Average net price$10,265

Cheaper than 69% · #66 cheapest of 252 in Texas

Median debt at graduation$6,750

Lower than 85%

Student–faculty ratio17 : 1

Lower than 44%

Undergraduate enrollment6,247

Larger than 93%

Percentiles compare Central Texas College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Texas.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women3,17651%
Men3,07149%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White27%
Black28%
Hispanic29%
Asian5.1%
Other or multiracial11%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 6,247
Student–faculty ratio: 17 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 37%
First-generation students: 46%
Students over 25: 41%
Median family income: $24,912
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $59,886
Endowment: $14,595,532

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 1,449 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Texas79%
Other U.S. states21%

Most first-years stay in state — Central Texas College draws overwhelmingly from Texas.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition: $3,750
Out-of-state tuition: $7,500
Room & board: $7,200
Books & supplies: $2,124
Total cost of attendance: $13,822
Average net price: $10,265

Outcomes

Graduated: 11%
First-year retention: 60%
Transferred to another college: 25%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $39,534
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $40,995
Median debt at graduation: $6,750
Students with federal loans: 42%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 27%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

11%

First-generation

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: Yes
Dorm capacity: 97
Dorm capacity vs undergrads: 2%
Application fee: Free

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.4 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 6
Property offenses (2022–2024): 5

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

3.7reported offenses a year

2.0 violent a year1.7 property a year

By offense type, per year

Rape

1.0

Fondling

1.0

Burglary

1.0

Motor vehicle theft

0.7

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$7,714

$30–48k

$11,281

$48–75k

$11,567

$75–110k

$12,866

$110k+

$13,581

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

14%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,442

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 14% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,442. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 366 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $40,995
Typical debt at graduation: $6,750
Debt vs. one year's pay: 16%
Out-earn a HS grad: 44%

Typical debt would take roughly 1.6 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$36,428

Men

$52,350

Men out-earn women by $15,922 (44%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 97°F
Winter low: 36°F
Annual rain: 34.8″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Killeen, TX US station (8 mi from campus).

What Central Texas College graduates study — and earn

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssoc.

783 grads$40k 1 yr$53k 5 yr$8k debt

783$39,731$52,603$8,400 Hospitality Administration/ManagementCert.

158 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

158———Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

95 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr$13k debt

95——$13,113 Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCert.

83 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

83———Business Administration, Management and OperationsCert.

73 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

73———Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssoc.

67 grads$75k 1 yr$78k 5 yr$15k debt

67$75,319$78,335$15,099 Homeland SecurityCert.

65 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

65———Business/Commerce, GeneralAssoc.

52 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr$11k debt

52——$11,000 Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssoc.

45 grads$39k 1 yr— 5 yr$11k debt

45$39,465—$10,521 Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssoc.

44 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

44———Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCert.

38 grads$62k 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

38$62,228——Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssoc.

38 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

38———

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.