Private for-profit · Community college
Houston Training Schools-Gessner
Houston, Texas · Large city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $6,368
- Avg net price
- 78%
- Grad / completion
- $18,991
- Median earnings
Houston Training Schools-Gessner is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Houston, Texas (large city setting), enrolling 138 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Houston, Texas
Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern United States. However, the land then remained largely uninhabited from the late 1700s until settlement in the 1830s. Located in the American South, Houston is a diverse city with a large and growing international community. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 11 miles to Houston, TX
- To the ocean
- 29 miles
- Nearest airport
- 17 miles to William P. Hobby (HOU) · major hub
How Houston Training Schools-Gessner compares
Higher than 74% · #62 of 253 in Texas
Higher than 57%
Higher than 4% · #197 of 206 in Texas
Cheaper than 85% · #39 cheapest of 252 in Texas
Lower than 16%
Larger than 35%
Percentiles compare Houston Training Schools-Gessner 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
- Women13396%
- Men54%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White2.2%
- Black24%
- Hispanic67%
- Asian6.5%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 138
- Student–faculty ratio
- 24 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 98%
- First-generation students
- 64%
- Students over 25
- 73%
- Median family income
- $12,718
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- —
- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $6,368
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 78%
- First-year retention
- 76%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $18,606
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $18,991
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
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.
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.
Modest institutional aid: 29% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $380. 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 59 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)
- $18,991
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 18%
The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.
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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 95°F
- Winter low
- 45°F
- Annual rain
- 49.7″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Houston Sugarland Mem, TX US station (9.9 mi from campus).
What Houston Training Schools-Gessner graduates study — and earn
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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