Galveston College
Galveston, TX · Public · Small city
Public institution in Galveston, TX · 1,524 undergraduates · $37,233 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 1%In-state tuition & fees
- Top 3%Out-of-state tuition & fees
- Top 6%Median graduate debt
- Top 7%Cost of attendance
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $8,127218th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $2,54630th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $5,72667th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $14,555139th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $10,311112th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $37,2331,719th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $34,2991,572nd highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 32.4%1,710th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
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Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
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- Median ACT
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Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1,5241,101st largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 14.0:11,158th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 41.8%629th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 58 mi (IAH)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 1 of 1 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Athletics — 2 sports
NJCAA Division I · NJCAA
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $380,553 (M $192,538 · W $188,015)
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Galveston College’s 1,524 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In TX
- LeTourneau UniversityLongview, TX · 1,510 undergrads
- Southwestern UniversityGeorgetown, TX · 1,454 undergrads
- University of DallasIrving, TX · 1,403 undergrads
- Concordia University TexasAustin, TX · 1,388 undergrads
- Sul Ross State UniversityAlpine, TX · 1,378 undergrads
- Texas Wesleyan UniversityFort Worth, TX · 1,671 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Bellingham Technical CollegeBellingham, WA · 1,523 undergrads
- Saint Francis UniversityLoretto, PA · 1,525 undergrads
- Whitman CollegeWalla Walla, WA · 1,523 undergrads
- Willamette UniversitySalem, OR · 1,525 undergrads
- Limestone UniversityGaffney, SC · 1,528 undergrads
- King's CollegeWilkes-Barre, PA · 1,519 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitegc.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 224961)
- Compare colleges in TXRe-score with your weights
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- Compare with LeTourneau UniversitySide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Galveston College vs LeTourneau UniversityHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Sports directoryAll 2 EADA programs at this school
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