McLennan Community College
Waco, Texas
- Two-year college
- Public
- City
- 5,668 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.
Agriculture and horticulture
- Agriculture, GeneralAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,346
- Agricultural Business and ManagementAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,343
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 35 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,694
Computers and IT
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
- Data ProcessingCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,489
- Data Entry/Microcomputer ApplicationsCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $27,643
- Data Entry/Microcomputer ApplicationsAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,766
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
Cosmetology and barbering
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 68 finishedGraduates here earned $21,807 a year after finishingNationally: $23,574
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 30 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 55 finishedGraduates here earned $66,255 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
Massage therapy
- Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $27,959
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 43 finishedGraduates here earned $40,154 a year after finishingNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 104 finishedGraduates here earned $53,042 a year after finishingNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 37 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 55 finishedGraduates here earned $31,610 a year after finishingNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionCertificate · 40 finishedGraduates here earned $43,921 a year after finishingNationally: $52,514
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 32 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 82 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $75,149
Other programs (36)
- American Sign LanguageCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $38,250
- American Sign LanguageAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $32,528
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media ManagementCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $35,863
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media ManagementAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $22,988
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $33,380
- Biomedical/Medical EngineeringAssociate degree · 0 finished
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 17 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 61 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 20 finishedNationally: $54,610
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 19 finishedNationally: $40,381
- Chemical EngineeringAssociate degree · 1 finished
- ChemistryAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $36,707
- Civil EngineeringAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $42,083
- Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $33,346
- Education, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $28,911
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications EngineeringAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $43,427
- Engineering, GeneralCertificate · 15 finishedNationally: $73,676
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $47,691
- English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $27,003
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $38,650
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $37,255
- Industrial EngineeringAssociate degree · 3 finished
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 675 finishedGraduates here earned $33,295 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- MathematicsAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $36,826
- Mechanical EngineeringAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $52,218
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 27 finishedNationally: $41,294
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 51 finishedNationally: $38,048
- MusicCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $27,777
- MusicAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $26,345
- Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $30,994
- Public HealthAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,417
- Real EstateCertificate · 34 finishedGraduates here earned $32,378 a year afterNationally: $45,163
- Real EstateAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $34,704
- SociologyAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,731
- Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 7 finishedNationally: $29,038
- Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $37,661
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $5,887per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $13,900sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $3,660Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 19%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 33%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $38,3286 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $42,24510 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $9,750federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 24%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 44%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for McLennan Community College, 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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