North Central Texas College Overview

North Central Texas College is a public institution situated in Gainesville, Texas. Gainesville is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

What Is North Central Texas College Known For?

• Students at NCTC have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 4%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The associate's degree is the highest award offered at NCTC.
• For the <nil> academic year, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from NCTC with a bachelor's degree make about $43,709 a year. That's 7% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is North Central Texas College?

Contact details for NCTC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1525 W California Street, Gainesville, TX 76240-4699
Phone:	940-668-7731
Website:	www.nctc.edu

How Do I Get Into NCTC?

You can apply to NCTC online at: www.nctc.edu/catalog/admissions-information/general-admission-policy/admission-application.html

North Central Texas College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford North Central Texas College?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At NCTC, approximately 18% of students took out student loans averaging $5,255 a year. That adds up to $21,020 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at NCTC is 3.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

North Central Texas College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 7,653 undergraduate students at NCTC, with 1,646 being full-time and 6,007 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,646 full-time undergraduates at NCTC, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of North Central Texas College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	60
Black or African American	129
Hispanic or Latino	431
White	897
International Students	51
Other Races/Ethnicities	78

Over 30 countries are represented at NCTC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, India, and Palestine, State of.

Online Learning at North Central Texas College

In 2020-2021, 5,098 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at NCTC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 17th most popular in Texas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of NCTC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at North Central Texas College was 40.1%. This is the #624 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at NCTC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.