North Central Texas College

Gainesville, Texas

  • Two-year college
  • Public
  • Town
  • 5,863 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

  • Agricultural Business and ManagementCertificate · 26 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,907
  • Agricultural Business and ManagementAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,343
  • Agricultural Production OperationsCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,679
  • Agricultural Production OperationsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,686

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Child care and early education

  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 21 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763

Computers and IT

  • Information Science/StudiesCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,800
  • Information Science/StudiesAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,425
  • Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
  • Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926

Cosmetology and barbering

  • Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 47 finishedGraduates here earned $28,761 a year after finishingNationally: $23,574
  • Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,214

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 41 finishedGraduates here earned $67,906 a year after finishingNationally: $55,124
  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 31 finishedGraduates here earned $58,736 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169

Engineering technology

  • Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,355
  • Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
  • Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717
  • Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
  • Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077

HVAC and refrigeration

  • Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Certificate · 22 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,278
  • Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Associate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,589

Office and business support

  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
  • Fire ProtectionCertificate · 66 finishedGraduates here earned $54,553 a year after finishingNationally: $52,514
  • Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 63 finishedGraduates here earned $51,364 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 83 finishedGraduates here earned $73,372 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149

Welding and machining

  • Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 112 finishedGraduates here earned $35,888 a year after finishingNationally: $42,421
  • Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (3)
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 20 finishedNationally: $44,510
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 15 finishedNationally: $41,208
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 651 finishedGraduates here earned $37,949 a year afterNationally: $34,134
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$8,772$30–48k$9,113$48–75k$9,603$75–110k$10,725Over $110k$11,156Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$9,607per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$13,258sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$5,088Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
19%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
36%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$43,6926 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$49,53310 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$11,438federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
28%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
41%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 North Central Texas 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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