Career Programs at Texas Southmost

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Texas Southmost College is $4,948 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.

Texas Southmost College offers the alternative tuition plans .

51% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $5,101 (exclude student loans).

Texas Southmost 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$4,948
Average Financial Amount	$5,101

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Texas Southmost 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, 984 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Texas Southmost College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	14	136
2 Years Certificate	2	29
Total	16	984

Programs by Award Level

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

136 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
29 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
819 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
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	3	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	5	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	10 completers	$22,900
Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary	✕	10	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	53 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	53	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	28 completers	-
Building/Construction Site Management/Manager	✕	28	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	7	-
Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	✕	6	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	1	-
Business [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	3	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	6	-
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services	✕	3	-
	Total	136

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	3	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	26	-
	Total	29

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Architecture [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Architecture	✕	12	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	8	-
Education [+]	✕	89 completers	-
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	✕	5	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	14	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	9	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	61	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	11	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	6	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	324 completers	-
General Studies	✕	324	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Natural Sciences	✕	22	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	143 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	143	-
Human Services [+]	✕	47 completers	-
Social Work	✕	47	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Building/Property Maintenance	✕	4	-
Building/Construction Site Management/Manager	✕	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	3	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	9	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	16	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	60 completers	-
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	✕	6	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	6	-
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	✕	11	-
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician	✕	10	-
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	✕	9	-
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician	✕	8	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	10	-
Business [+]	✕	63 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	50	-
Accounting	✕	7	-
Marketing/Marketing Management	✕	6	-
	Total	819

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 7,648 students are attending at Texas Southmost College. There are 99 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 177 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 24 to 1 (4.17%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 290 (full-time) and 274 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Texas Southmost College is 32% and transfer-out rate is 9%. The retention rate is 66% at the school.

Texas Southmost 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	7,648
Graduation Rate	32%
Number of Faculty	276
Student to Faculty Ratio	24 to 1

Student Population at Texas Southmost

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 7,527 students enrolled into Texas Southmost College. By gender, 3,074 male and 4,453 female students are attending the school.

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

Student Population By Gender
Texas Southmost College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,527	3,074	4,453
Full-time	1,829	852	977
Part-tme	5,698	2,222	3,476

There are 186 White (2.47%), 5 Black/African American (0.07%), 7,194 Hispanic (95.58%), 28 Asian (0.37%), and 7,308 students with other races attending Texas Southmost College. 1 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Texas Southmost College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,527	3,074	4,453
American Indian/Native American	7	5	2
Asian	28	16	12
Black/African American	5	2	3
Hispanic	7,194	2,922	4,272
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	186	91	95
Two More	10	4	6
Un-Known	96	33	63
Non-resident Alien	1	1	0

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

322 students (4.28% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 5,189 students (68.94% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Texas Southmost College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Texas Southmost College
	Number of Students
Total	7,527
Enrolled Online Exclusively	322
Enrolled Some Online Courses	5,189
Not in Online Courses	2,016

By age range, at Texas Southmost College, 1,572 students are aged 20 to 24 (20.88% of total students), 5,175 students are aged below 20 (68.75%), 21 students are aged above 50 (0.56%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Texas Southmost College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,527	3,074	4,453
Under 18	3,683	1,432	2,251
Age 18-19	1,492	665	827
Age 20-21	1,034	477	557
Age 22-24	538	250	288
Age 25-29	379	141	238
Age 30-34	172	45	127
Age 35-39	110	39	71
Age 40-49	98	22	76
Age 50-64	21	3	18

Directory and Accreditation Information

Texas Southmost College is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (7/1/1995 - Current[Estimated Date]).

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

80 Fort Brown, Brownsville, TX

956-295-3600

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