Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$12,286
$23,698
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$4,575
$16,414
Average paid from out of state, estimated
$7,995
$20,944
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
Houston Community College
Dallas College
Under $30,000
$4,547
$15,704
$30,000–$48,000
$3,920
$15,522
$48,000–$75,000
$4,819
$16,529
$75,000–$110,000
$8,736
$19,802
Over $110,000
$11,065
$22,795
After you start
Measure
Houston Community College
Dallas College
Undergrads
40,503
43,869
Graduate within 6 years
17%
36%
Come back for year two
—
67%
Median earnings 10 years after starting
$42,369
$44,572
Median debt at graduation
$14,250
$9,686
Highlighted only when the gap is at least 5%. "Average paid" is what students who got federal aid paid per year after grants, not a price quote; at public colleges the income rows are in-state students. The out-of-state estimate adds a public college's extra out-of-state tuition to its in-state average; out-of-state students usually get less aid, so many pay more. How we get our numbers