Public · Community college

Tyler Junior College

Tyler, Texas · Midsize city

28%
Transfer rate
$10,206
Avg net price
27%
Grad / completion
$38,140
Median earnings

Tyler Junior College is a public associate-granting institution in Tyler, Texas (midsize city setting), enrolling 9,087 undergraduates. It is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 9,087 undergradsMidsize cityNJCAA Division I

About Tyler, Texas

Tyler is a city in and the county seat of Smith County, Texas, United States. Legal recognition of Tyler was initiated by an act of the state legislature on April 11, 1846. The Texas government created Smith County and authorized a county seat. In addition to the city's role in the rose-growing industry, Tyler is the headquarters for Brookshire Grocery Company, which operates Brookshire's, Fresh, Super 1 Foods, and Spring Market supermarkets in the Ark-La-Tex and parts of Dallas–Fort Worth. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Midsize city
Highest degree offered
Bachelor's
To the ocean
179 miles
Nearest airport
7 miles to Tyler Pounds (TYR)

How Tyler Junior College compares

Graduation rate27%

Higher than 10% · #223 of 253 in Texas

First-year retention60%

Higher than 22%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$38,140

Higher than 60% · #69 of 206 in Texas

Average net price$10,206

Cheaper than 69% · #65 cheapest of 252 in Texas

Median debt at graduation$11,995

Lower than 30%

Student–faculty ratio18 : 1

Lower than 39%

Undergraduate enrollment9,087

Larger than 96%

Percentiles compare Tyler Junior 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

9,087undergrads
  • Women5,28058%
  • Men3,80742%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White44%
  • Black17%
  • Hispanic28%
  • Asian1.3%
  • Other or multiracial9.2%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
9,087
Student–faculty ratio
18 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
36%
First-generation students
46%
Students over 25
20%
Median family income
$27,160
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$56,691
Endowment
$104,611,942

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 2,936 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Texas96%
  • Other U.S. states1.9%
  • International1.8%

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

2% came from outside the U.S. 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
$2,400
Out-of-state tuition
$4,512
Room & board
$9,458
Books & supplies
$1,000
Total cost of attendance
$16,654
Average net price
$10,206

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 (within 6 years)
27%
Graduated on time (4 years)
0%
First-year retention
60%
Transferred to another college
28%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$33,789
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$38,140
Median debt at graduation
$11,995
Students with federal loans
19%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
27%

About 27% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
0%
Low-income (Pell)
21%
First-generation
21%

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
1,182
Dorm capacity vs undergrads
13%
Housing charge (year)
$5,940
Meal plan (year)
$2,970
Application fee
Free
Athletics
NJCAA Division I
Varsity athletes
293 (203 men · 90 women)

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%.

Varsity sports (8)

Football94
Soccer53
Baseball48
Basketball28
Softball21
Tennis18
Volleyball16
Golf15

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

Safety grade
B
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.8 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
6
Property offenses (2022–2024)
21

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 5 campuses (11,885 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.

Reported offenses in an average year

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

9.0reported offenses a year
2.0 violent a year7.0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary
6.0
Rape
1.3
Motor vehicle theft
1.0
Fondling
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
$8,425
$30–48k
$9,542
$48–75k
$11,659
$75–110k
$14,172
$110k+
$15,517

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.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$64,125

$11,659/year × about 5.5 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

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.

35%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$3,696
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 35% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $3,696. 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 2,058 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)
$38,140
Typical debt at graduation
$11,995
Debt vs. one year's pay
31%
Out-earn a HS grad
47%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.1 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
$35,575
Men
$42,312

Men out-earn women by $6,737 (19%) 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
94°F
Winter low
38°F
Annual rain
47.7″
Annual snow
0.7″

Average temperature

HighLow
30°70°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.44.8JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Tyler, TX US station (2.2 mi from campus).

What Tyler Junior College 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.