Career Programs at NCTC

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at North Central Texas College is $7,200 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.

North Central Texas College offers the alternative tuition plans .

46% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $3,580 (exclude student loans).

NCTC 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$7,200
Average Financial Amount	$3,580

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

North Central Texas College offers 20 vocational programs for 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, 1,518 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at North Central Texas College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
2 Years Certificate	20	2	537
Total	20	2	1,518

Programs by Award Level

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

537 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
981 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

1-2 Years Certificate
Associate's

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	31 completers	-
Farm/Farm and Ranch Management	✕	22	-
Horse Husbandry/Equine Science and Management	✕	9	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	53 completers	-
Information Science/Studies	✕	8	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	45	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	50 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	27	-
Aesthetician/Esthetician and Skin Care Specialist	✕	22	-
Cosmetology, Barber/Styling, and Nail Instructor	✕	1	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Industrial Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Petroleum Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (1 completers)	105 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✔	0	-
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	✕	105	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	32 completers	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	32	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	140 completers	-
Machine Tool Technology/Machinist	✕	4	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	136	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	120 completers	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	9	-
Surgical Technology/Technologist	✕	9	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	102	-
Business [+]	✔	3 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	3	-
Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry	✕	0	-
	Total	537

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Farm/Farm and Ranch Management	✕	6	-
Horse Husbandry/Equine Science and Management	✕	4	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	40 completers	-
Information Science/Studies	✕	18	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	22	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	1	-
Education [+]	✔ (3 completers)	25 completers	-
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	✔	3	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✔	2	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✔	20	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Industrial Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Petroleum Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✔ (1 completers)	715 completers	-
General Studies	✔	715	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (1 completers)	18 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✔	16	-
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	✕	2	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	2	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Machine Tool Technology/Machinist	✕	1	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	13	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	130 completers	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	4	-
Surgical Technology/Technologist	✕	6	-
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	✕	21	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	99	-
Business [+]	✔	19 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	18	-
Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry	✕	1	-
	Total	981

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 7,360 students are attending at North Central Texas College. There are 146 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 354 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 19 to 1 (5.26%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 391 (full-time) and 706 (part-time).

The graduation rate of North Central Texas College is 19% and transfer-out rate is 29%. The retention rate is 63% at the school.

NCTC 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	7,360
Graduation Rate	19%
Number of Faculty	500
Student to Faculty Ratio	19 to 1

Student Population at NCTC

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 7,653 students enrolled into North Central Texas College. By gender, 3,180 male and 4,473 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for North Central Texas College.

Student Population By Gender
North Central Texas College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,653	3,180	4,473
Full-time	1,646	726	920
Part-tme	6,007	2,454	3,553

There are 4,200 White (54.88%), 633 Black/African American (8.27%), 1,952 Hispanic (25.51%), 301 Asian (3.93%), and 2,516 students with other races attending North Central Texas College. 196 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at North Central Texas College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,653	3,180	4,473
American Indian/Native American	55	23	32
Asian	301	138	163
Black/African American	633	219	414
Hispanic	1,952	784	1,168
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	1	2
White	4,200	1,799	2,401
Two More	289	121	168
Un-Known	24	15	9
Non-resident Alien	196	80	116

North Central Texas College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

3,269 students (42.72% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 1,829 students (23.90% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for North Central Texas College.

Distance Learning Student Population at North Central Texas College
	Number of Students
Total	7,653
Enrolled Online Exclusively	3,269
Enrolled Some Online Courses	1,829
Not in Online Courses	2,555

By age range, at North Central Texas College, 2,312 students are aged 20 to 24 (30.21% of total students), 3,554 students are aged below 20 (46.44%), 120 students are aged above 50 (2.77%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at North Central Texas College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,653	3,180	4,473
Under 18	1,592	690	902
Age 18-19	1,962	903	1,059
Age 20-21	1,379	625	754
Age 22-24	933	390	543
Age 25-29	758	278	480
Age 30-34	424	130	294
Age 35-39	242	70	172
Age 40-49	243	55	188
Age 50-64	106	34	72
Over 64	14	5	9

Directory and Accreditation Information

North Central Texas College is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1961 - Current).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of North Central Texas College.

1525 W California Street, Gainesville, TX

940-668-7731

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