Career Programs at Howard

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Howard College is $6,076 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.

Howard College offers the alternative tuition plans .

76% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $2,754 (exclude student loans).

Howard 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$6,076
Average Financial Amount	$2,754

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Howard College offers 16 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate and 1-2 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 705 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Howard College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	9	62
2 Years Certificate	7	143
Total	16	705

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

62 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
143 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
500 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Agricultural Business and Management	✕	7	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	9	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Facial Treatment Specialist/Facialist	✕	2	-
Nail Technician/Specialist and Manicurist	✕	0	-
Cosmetology, Barber/Styling, and Nail Instructor	✕	2	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	33 completers	-
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	33	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	2	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	7	-
	Total	62

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	3	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	39 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	39	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	93 completers	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	25	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	35	-
Surgical Technology/Technologist	✕	8	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	25	-
Business [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	8	-
	Total	143

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	4	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	14	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	0	-
Education [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	✕	24	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	0	-
Engineering [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Pre-Engineering	✕	6	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Sign Language Interpretation and Translation	✕	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Human Development and Family Studies	✕	0	-
Child Development	✕	2	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	3 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	3	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	111 completers	-
General Studies	✕	111	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	12	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	3	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	17	-
Psychology [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Psychology	✕	9	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	22	-
Human Services [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Social Work	✕	23	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Social Sciences	✕	3	-
Sociology	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	4	-
Music	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	165 completers	-
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	✕	30	-
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	✕	9	-
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	✕	17	-
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies	✕	39	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	70	-
Business [+]	✕	66 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	65	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	1	-
Accounting	✕	0	-
History [+]	✕	6 completers	-
History	✕	6	-
	Total	500

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 4,264 students are attending at Howard College. There are 117 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 74 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 25 to 1 (4.00%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 307 (full-time) and 127 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Howard College is 27% and transfer-out rate is 9%. The retention rate is 63% at the school.

Howard 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	4,264
Graduation Rate	27%
Number of Faculty	191
Student to Faculty Ratio	25 to 1

Student Population at Howard

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 4,050 students enrolled into Howard College. By gender, 1,561 male and 2,489 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Howard College.

Student Population By Gender
Howard College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,050	1,561	2,489
Full-time	1,027	363	664
Part-tme	3,023	1,198	1,825

There are 1,681 White (41.51%), 118 Black/African American (2.91%), 2,044 Hispanic (50.47%), 45 Asian (1.11%), and 2,204 students with other races attending Howard College. 42 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Howard College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,050	1,561	2,489
American Indian/Native American	13	4	9
Asian	45	20	25
Black/African American	118	47	71
Hispanic	2,044	725	1,319
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	1	1
White	1,681	698	983
Two More	104	42	62
Un-Known	1	0	1
Non-resident Alien	42	24	18

Howard College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

1,084 students (26.77% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 987 students (24.37% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Howard College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Howard College
	Number of Students
Total	4,050
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,084
Enrolled Some Online Courses	987
Not in Online Courses	1,979

By age range, at Howard College, 620 students are aged 20 to 24 (15.31% of total students), 2,772 students are aged below 20 (68.44%), 32 students are aged above 50 (1.48%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Howard College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,050	1,561	2,489
Under 18	1,983	882	1,101
Age 18-19	789	345	444
Age 20-21	353	104	249
Age 22-24	267	75	192
Age 25-29	243	60	183
Age 30-34	167	31	136
Age 35-39	116	35	81
Age 40-49	100	20	80
Age 50-64	30	7	23
Over 64	2	2	0

Directory and Accreditation Information

Howard College is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1955 - Current).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Howard College.

1001 Birdwell Lane, Big Spring, TX

432-264-5000

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