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 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $2,54630th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $5,72668th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $14,555139th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $10,311113th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $37,2331,729th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $34,2991,582nd highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 32.4%1,725th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
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Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
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Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1,5241,101st largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 14.0:11,172nd smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 41.8%637th highest of 2,140 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.
Key links
- Official websitegc.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 224961)
- Compare colleges in TXRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in TexasEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- 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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- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
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