Texas College

Location and Contact Information

2404 N. Grand Avenue
Tyler, TX 75702
USA
Main Tel: 90400000000000
Web Site

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

School profile and reference information, including highlights, admissions, student body, degrees, and contact info.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

  • Christian Methodist Episcopal religious affiliation.
  • Historically black college.
  • Many students concentrating in business and management, nutrition and exercise therapy, science, and mathematics.
  • Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
  • Racially diverse student body.
  • Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
  • High male/female ratio.
  • Number of dorm rooms for students.
  • High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
  • Large number of programs of study offered.

School characteristics:

  • The school is private, not-for-profit.
  • Academic calender: Semester.
  • Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, General.

Features of note:

  • Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates.
  • The school offers a faculty tenure system.
  • There are one or more libraries on-campus.
  • Campus housing is available.
  • Students have meal (board) plans.
  • Distance learning is available.
  • Weekend study is an option.
  • Part-time classes are available.
  • Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

ItemCost
State Tuition and fees$ 9,490
Room$ 3,600
Board$ 3,000
Books and supplies$ 2,300
Other$ 650

Financial Aid

Texas College participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 100% of students received financial aid of some sort.

Grants% of
Students		Average
Amount
Any Grant100%$8,396
Institutional Grant45%$2,610
Federal Grant100%$4,332
Pell Grant99%$3,791
Other Federal Grant52%$1,082
State or Local Grant82%$3,514

Loans% of
Students		Average
Amount
Student Loan100%$6,367
Federal Loan100%$6,345
Other Loan1%$4,000

(Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.)

Similar Schools

Based on proprietary BrainTrack computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to Texas College:

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 SchoolLocationEnrollment
1Defiance CollegeDefiance, OH1,001
2Benedictine CollegeAtchison, KS2,012
3York CollegeYork, NE396
4Stillman CollegeTuscaloosa, AL1,048
5Geneva CollegeBeaver Falls, PA1,951
6East-West UniversityChicago, IL1,171
7North Carolina Wesleyan CollegeRocky Mount, NC1,506
8Saint Vincent CollegeLatrobe, PA2,021
9Jarvis Christian CollegeHawkins, TX728
10University of the Virgin IslandsCharlotte Amalie, VI2,393

Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

DegreeTotal
Earned		Different
Programs
Bachelor9315
Associate32
Postbaccalaureate certificate 1

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Full-Time Faculty  Total
Without tenure; working toward tenure  34

Students

Texas College is a historically black college.

Student enrollment was 736 in 2009-2010 (930 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 95% of enrolled students and graduate students are 5%.

Students under 25 years old represent 81% of the student body. About 6% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

Texas College provides on-campus housing for 376 of its 930 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football (Central States Football League), basketball (Red River Athletic Conference), baseball (Red River Athletic Conference), and track (Red River Athletic Conference).

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 93 male students received the aid (men were 64% of those receiving aid) and 52 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 36% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Texas College offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (52 awarded)

  • Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (2 awarded)

  • Computer Science

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (3 awarded)

  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Education

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (4 awarded)

  • Social Work

FINE ARTS (0 awarded)

  • Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (8 awarded)

  • English Language and Literature
  • General Studies
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Political Science and Government
  • Social Sciences
  • Sociology

MATHEMATICS (2 awarded)

  • Mathematics

MUSIC (1 awarded)

  • Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (13 awarded)

  • Health and Physical Education/Fitness

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (0 awarded)

  • Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (11 awarded)

  • Biology/Biological Sciences