Which Texarkana College certificate program has the lowest debt?

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair graduates leave with a median of $6,166 in federal loans, the lowest among 4 Texarkana College certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Texarkana College cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $2,476 a year, and $5,332 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $8,812 a year.

How many Texarkana College programs report graduate pay?

3 associate's programs and 5 certificate programs at Texarkana College report first-year pay, and 7 of them also report federal debt.

Texarkana College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Texarkana, TX
1,502 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

5 Texarkana College certificate programs report what graduates earn. Practical Nursing pays the most in the first year ($44,812), and Culinary Arts the least ($19,284). The median program pays $29,535. Texarkana College also has 3 associate's programs that report pay.

In-district tuition and fees$2,476Per year. Out-of-state $5,332

Average net price after aid$8,812Per year

Graduation rate47%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 3 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Texas" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Texas. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Texas
1	NursingAbout 93 graduates a year	$65,308	$79,751	$15,200	43rd of 49
2	BusinessAbout 46 graduates a year	$27,674	Not reported	$12,514	9th of 12
3	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 170 graduates a year	$23,458	$37,649	$12,957	37th of 47

Program names link to the program's own page, and Texas ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

One more associate's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

All 5 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Texas" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Texas. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Texas
1	Practical NursingAbout 29 graduates a year	$44,812	$57,339	$16,811	21st of 37
2	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 38 graduates a year	$31,775	Not reported	$6,166	11th of 16
3	HVACAbout 23 graduates a year	$29,535	Not reported	$10,500	5th of 9
4	Welding and MachiningAbout 69 graduates a year	$27,807	$45,640	$9,450	14th of 20
5	Culinary ArtsAbout 25 graduates a year	$19,284	Not reported	Not reported	7th of 7

Program names link to the program's own page, and Texas ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Texas programs in the field do too.

One more certificate program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Common questions

Practical Nursing graduates earn a median of $44,812 in their first year, the most of 5 Texarkana College certificate programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Texas rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels