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Community-college transfer rates in Texas

Community colleges in Texas ranked by reported transfer rate — the share of full-time first-time entrants who continued at another institution within 150% of program length. For students using community college as a stepping stone toward a bachelor's degree, this is the single most predictive comparison metric.

  1. Blinn College DistrictBrenham, TX34%
  2. Jacksonville College-Main CampusJacksonville, TX30%
  3. Wharton County Junior CollegeWharton, TX30%
  4. Northeast Lakeview CollegeUniversal City, TX29%
  5. Ranger CollegeRanger, TX28%
  6. North Central Texas CollegeGainesville, TX28%
  7. Victoria CollegeVictoria, TX26%
  8. Northeast Texas Community CollegeMount Pleasant, TX25%
  9. Central Texas CollegeKilleen, TX25%
  10. Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, TX24%
  11. Cisco CollegeCisco, TX23%
  12. Kilgore CollegeKilgore, TX23%
  13. Western Texas CollegeSnyder, TX22%
  14. McLennan Community CollegeWaco, TX20%
  15. Hill CollegeHillsboro, TX18%
  16. Temple CollegeTemple, TX16%
  17. Lamar State College-Port ArthurPort Arthur, TX13%
  18. El Paso Community CollegeEl Paso, TX13%
  19. South Plains CollegeLevelland, TX11%
  20. Southwest Texas CollegeUvalde, TX11%
  21. Amarillo CollegeAmarillo, TX10%
  22. Coastal Bend CollegeBeeville, TX10%
  23. Lamar Institute of TechnologyBeaumont, TX9%
  24. Vernon CollegeVernon, TX9%
  25. Howard CollegeBig Spring, TX8%
  26. Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-AustinAustin, TX2%
  27. Texas Southmost CollegeBrownsville, TX0%
  28. Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc.Houston, TX0%
  29. Universal Technical Institute-Dallas Fort WorthIrving, TX0%

How transfer rates are calculated

The transfer rate reported by the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard is the share of full-time first-time degree-seeking students at a two-year institution who transferred to another postsecondary institution within 150% of the normal time to program completion. It does not distinguish between transfers to four-year institutions and transfers to other two-year colleges, and it does not measure whether the receiving institution accepted the credits. Treat the figure as a directional indicator of how often students leave the community college for further postsecondary work, not as a precise measure of bachelor's-degree pipeline strength.

For a complete transfer assessment of any Texas community college on this list, ask three follow-up questions of the institution directly: (1) Which four-year institutions does the college maintain articulation agreements with, and on what fields of study? (2) For students who transferred to a public Texas four-year university last year, what share of community-college credits were accepted on a course-for-course basis? (3) Does the institution participate in any statewide Texas transfer guarantee or reverse-transfer program? Strong answers to all three questions matter more than the headline transfer rate.

If you are intending to transfer outside Texas, you should also confirm that the receiving institution will accept the community college's regional accreditation. The accreditor for each college is listed on its full profile.