Private for-profit · Community college
Miller-Motte College-STVT-Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, Texas · Large city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $20,477
- Avg net price
- 68%
- Grad / completion
- $31,102
- Median earnings
Miller-Motte College-STVT-Corpus Christi is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Corpus Christi, Texas (large city setting), enrolling 533 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus Christi is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Texas. Cabeza de Vaca and his companions may have been the first Europeans to reach Corpus Christi in the 1500s, the first documented exploration of the Nueces River and Corpus Christi Bay was conducted by Joaquín de Orobio y Basterra in 1747. Various sections of Corpus Christi maintain distinct senses of identity and community from the city proper, especially the Calallen and Flour Bluff areas. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 5 miles to Corpus Christi, TX
- To the ocean
- 4 miles
- Nearest airport
- 5 miles to Corpus Christi (CRP)
How Miller-Motte College-STVT-Corpus Christi compares
Higher than 59% · #110 of 253 in Texas
Higher than 76%
Higher than 35% · #120 of 206 in Texas
Cheaper than 31% · #157 cheapest of 252 in Texas
Lower than 12%
Lower than 56%
Larger than 63%
Percentiles compare Miller-Motte College-STVT-Corpus Christi 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
- Women27251%
- Men26149%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White22%
- Black8.8%
- Hispanic64%
- Other or multiracial5.1%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 533
- Student–faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 83%
- First-generation students
- 59%
- Students over 25
- 36%
- Median family income
- $16,310
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
- $20,477
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
- 68%
- First-year retention
- 87%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $26,349
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $31,102
- Median debt at graduation
- $15,917
- Students with federal loans
- 85%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 33%
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
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
- No
- Application fee
- $40
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%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (533 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
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?
Miller-Motte College-STVT-Corpus Christi funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.
Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $31,102
- Typical debt at graduation
- $15,917
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 51%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 47%
Typical debt would take roughly 5.1 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
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.
Men out-earn women by $8,385 (29%) 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
- 96°F
- Winter low
- 48°F
- Annual rain
- 30.9″
- Annual snow
- 0.3″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Corpus Christi Cabaniss Fld, TX US station (2.7 mi from campus).
What Miller-Motte College-STVT-Corpus Christi 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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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.