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Public two-year colleges in Texas by graduates' median earnings 4 years after
Texas public two-year colleges, ranked by median earnings four years after completion, from College Scorecard (September 18, 2026). At least 5 colleges must report this figure for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Median earnings, 4 years after | Completions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria College | Victoria | Public, 2-year | $61,363 | 602 |
| 2 | Central Texas College | Killeen | Public, 2-year | $60,854 | 2,661 |
| 3 | Lamar Institute of Technology | Beaumont | Public, 2-year | $59,945 | 1,072 |
| 4 | Lee College | Baytown | Public, 2-year | $57,434 | 3,656 |
| 5 | Texas State Technical College | Waco | Public, 2-year | $55,511 | 3,259 |
| 6 | Temple College | Temple | Public, 2-year | $54,976 | 950 |
| 7 | Wharton County Junior College | Wharton | Public, 2-year | $54,510 | 1,505 |
| 8 | Lamar State College-Orange | Orange | Public, 2-year | $54,162 | 887 |
| 9 | Vernon College | Vernon | Public, 2-year | $53,885 | 527 |
| 10 | Blinn College District | Brenham | Public, 2-year | $53,339 | 2,209 |
| 11 | North Central Texas College | Gainesville | Public, 2-year | $52,437 | 1,336 |
| 12 | Tarrant County College District | Fort Worth | Public, 2-year | $50,928 | 7,384 |
| 13 | Howard College | Big Spring | Public, 2-year | $50,818 | 651 |
| 14 | Southwest College for the Deaf | Big Spring | Public, 2-year | $50,818 | 11 |
| 15 | Angelina College | Lufkin | Public, 2-year | $50,781 | 1,180 |
| 16 | Amarillo College | Amarillo | Public, 2-year | $50,015 | 2,212 |
| 17 | McLennan Community College | Waco | Public, 2-year | $47,348 | 1,722 |
| 18 | Western Texas College | Snyder | Public, 2-year | $47,279 | 473 |
| 19 | Kilgore College | Kilgore | Public, 2-year | $46,347 | 943 |
| 20 | Lamar State College-Port Arthur | Port Arthur | Public, 2-year | $46,272 | 659 |
| 21 | Cisco College | Cisco | Public, 2-year | $46,191 | 742 |
| 22 | South Plains College | Levelland | Public, 2-year | $45,944 | 1,807 |
| 23 | Paris Junior College | Paris | Public, 2-year | $45,220 | 1,508 |
| 24 | Northeast Texas Community College | Mount Pleasant | Public, 2-year | $43,940 | 796 |
| 25 | Hill College | Hillsboro | Public, 2-year | $43,521 | 759 |
Earnings cover federally aided graduates only, as published by College Scorecard, institution-wide rather than by one program.
How to read this. This is a whole-college figure across every program, not one program's graduates -- a college with mostly graduate or professional programs will show higher earnings than one that is mostly certificates. Completions shown alongside it are the latest IPEDS total on file.
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