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Education & Early Childhood community-college programs in Texas

38 community colleges in Texas report awarding credentials in Education & Early Childhood. Early childhood and paraeducator pathways, plus transfer routes into four-year teaching degrees. The list below ranks them by share of total credentials awarded in this field — a directional measure of program scale and focus.

If you are choosing a Education & Early Childhood program in Texas, weigh program-specific accreditation, clinical or apprenticeship placement, and the institution's articulation agreements with Texas public universities (for transfer-bound students) or its local employer relationships (for occupational tracks). Within Texas published tuition tends to fall in a tight range, so the program-quality questions usually matter more than cost. The ranked list below is a useful starting point but should not substitute for a campus visit and a conversation with the program advisor.

Each college below links to a full profile with cost, enrollment, completion, and transfer numbers from the College Scorecard. Use the cost-and-aid guide for Texas and the state's transfer-outcomes guide for additional context.

  1. Howard CollegeBig Spring10%
  2. Northeast Lakeview CollegeUniversal City4%
  3. Odessa CollegeOdessa4%
  4. Texas Southmost CollegeBrownsville4%
  5. South Texas CollegeMcAllen4%
  6. Northeast Texas Community CollegeMount Pleasant4%
  7. Palo Alto CollegeSan Antonio4%
  8. Northwest Vista CollegeSan Antonio4%
  9. El Paso Community CollegeEl Paso4%
  10. Dallas CollegeDallas3%
  11. Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands3%
  12. San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena3%
  13. Hill CollegeHillsboro3%
  14. Vernon CollegeVernon2%
  15. Navarro CollegeCorsicana2%
  16. Temple CollegeTemple2%
  17. San Antonio CollegeSan Antonio2%
  18. McLennan Community CollegeWaco2%
  19. South Plains CollegeLevelland2%
  20. Tyler Junior CollegeTyler2%
  21. Houston Community CollegeHouston2%
  22. Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney2%
  23. College of the MainlandTexas City2%
  24. North Central Texas CollegeGainesville2%
  25. Weatherford CollegeWeatherford2%
  26. Brazosport CollegeLake Jackson1%
  27. Austin Community College DistrictAustin1%
  28. Kilgore CollegeKilgore1%
  29. Alvin Community CollegeAlvin1%
  30. Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth1%
  31. Blinn College DistrictBrenham1%
  32. Western Texas CollegeSnyder1%
  33. Central Texas CollegeKilleen1%
  34. Ranger CollegeRanger1%
  35. Lamar State College-Port ArthurPort Arthur1%
  36. Del Mar CollegeCorpus Christi1%
  37. Lamar Institute of TechnologyBeaumont1%
  38. Southwest Texas CollegeUvalde0%

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