JULIET GARCIA'S "PARTNERSHIP" LEGACY: EDUCATION BEYOND OUR REACH

(Ed.'s note: Ever wonder why some of us never swallowed the "partnership" concept between the UT System and the Texas Southmost College? Below are the figures for tuition fees for 50 Texas community colleges gathered by the Texas Association of Community College. Take a gander at what it costs our kids to go to school compared with other community colleges in Texas. At the bottom are the state averages. Juliet Garcia can spout all she wants about the "university" experience, but in the end, the cost to residents in the poorest region of the state (if not the United States) is higher than anywhere else. That cost was uniform for university level and community college courses. It is downright criminal. TSC trustees say the separation will gradually allow them to decrease tuition and fees costs to make an education more affordable to our local students.)

Spring 2012 Tuition and Fees Texas Public Community Colleges (Texas Association of Community Colleges) Tuition and Fee Totals calculated for a student enrolled for 12 semester credit_hours.



College District         Tuition           Fees                Total                     Credit Hour

 

Alamo                           672                    147             819                               68 

Alvin                             480                     203             683                              57 

Amarillo                        480                      363            843                              70  

Angelina                       576                      108            684                               57  

Austin                           684                       192            876                              73 

Blinn                             480                        384            864                             72 

Brazosport                    600                        209             809                             67

Central Texas               708                                           708                             59

Cisco                            384                        528              912                            76

Clarendon                    504                        516             1,020                           85

Coastal Bend                804                         45                 849                           71

Coll. of the Mainland   480                       207                 687                           57

Collin                           324                         86                 410                            34

Dallas                           540                                              540                            45 

Del Mar                       612                        483              1,095                            91 

El Paso                        804                        120                  924                           77

Frank Phillips             432                         608               1,040                           87 

Galveston                  444                          335                  779                            65

Grayson                    492                           180                  672                            56 

Hill                           648                           147                  795                            66

Houston                   372                            440                  812                            68

Howard                   750                             106                  856                            71

Kilgore                   324                             312                  636                             53

Laredo                   504                              654                1,158                            97

Lee                        504                              231                   735                             61  

Lone Star               480                             224                   704                             59

McLennan           1,176                             108                1,284                           107
Midland                  636                             228                  864                             72

Navarro                   420                             261                   681                            57

N. Central Texas     432                             156                   588                            49  

Northeast Texas      384                             450                   834                            70

Odessa                    660                             252                    912                           76 

Panola                    300                             504                     804                           67  

Paris                       528                             114                      642                          54

Ranger                    600                             315                      915                          76

San Jacinto             456                             135                      591                           49

South Plains           312                             625                      937                           78

South Texas          804                               426                  1,230                          103

Southwest Texas   660                               327                     987                           82 

Tarrant                   624                                                         624                            52

Temple                   744                              312                  1,056                            88

Texarkana              468                               287                     755                            63

Southmost            1,808                             688                   2,496                         208

Trinity Valley         360                              408                      768                            64  

Tyler                        360                              568                      928                            77

Vernon                     552                              420                       972                           81

Victoria                     516                             444                       960                           80

Weatherford              852                                                           852                          71

Western Texas           624                             324                        948                         79

Wharton                     384                             648                      1,032                        86

State Average          575                              297                         871                          73
Notes:
1. All numbers rounded to the nearest dollar.
Total # of Colleges responding: 50
Source: http://www.tacc.org/documents/Sp12tuition_001.pdf