College of the Mainland
Texas City, Texas
- Two-year college
- Public
- City
- 3,368 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Data ProcessingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,489
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
Cosmetology and barbering
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 110 finishedGraduates here earned $23,112 a year after finishingNationally: $23,574
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,214
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,279
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Quality Control and Safety Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $60,799
- Quality Control and Safety Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $60,096
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 26 finishedGraduates here earned $27,866 a year after finishingNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 5 finishedGraduates here earned $38,841 a year after finishingNationally: $33,452
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 15 finishedGraduates here earned $57,579 a year after finishingNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionCertificate · 43 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 26 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 86 finishedGraduates here earned $82,157 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's degree · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $84,093
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 42 finishedGraduates here earned $40,955 a year after finishingNationally: $42,421
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (14)
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 9 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 13 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 45 finishedNationally: $40,381
- Chemical EngineeringAssociate degree · 0 finished
- Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $22,567
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $47,691
- English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $27,003
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $24,176
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 287 finishedGraduates here earned $36,350 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- MathematicsAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $36,826
- Mechanical EngineeringAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $52,218
- MusicAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $26,345
- Natural SciencesAssociate degree · 19 finishedNationally: $28,703
- Physical Science Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 57 finishedGraduates here earned $70,572 a year afterNationally: $61,888
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $447per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $7,677sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $2,310Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 3%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 31%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $40,4886 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $45,13110 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $5,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 34%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 33%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for College of the Mainland, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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