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Community college · Public

Blinn College District

Brenham, TX3,473 online only

Blinn College District is a public community college in Brenham, TX, with about 15,072 students on campus and 3,473 more studying only online.

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Students on campus
15,072
plus 3,473 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$10,844
tuition and fees $4,890; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
11%
lower than at 99% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$46,318
higher than at 64% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Blinn College District?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Blinn College District is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $15,252 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $11,370

Tuition & fees (in state) $4,890Room & board $11,848Books & supplies $1,288

After grants, the average family on aid pays $10,844.

Tuition and fees are $4,890 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$10,883

About $21,766 over 2 years · 29% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
11%
within 3 years · Pell students 11%
Come back for year two
45%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$46,318
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$11,500
about $122 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

3.8%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$122 a month against about $3,168 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

47%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 53% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$39k
Middle income$30–75k
$49k
Higher incomeover $75k
$57k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Liberal arts 37%Business 12%Health professions 10%Agriculture 9%Public safety 6%Parks, recreation & fitness 4%Everything else 22%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities901 graduates a year · typical debt $11,000
$45k4 yrs out
Business/Commerce, General152 graduates a year · typical debt $12,000
$54k4 yrs out
Agriculture, General115 graduates a year
—not reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing107 graduates a year · typical debt $16,875
$81k4 yrs out
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness100 graduates a year
—not reported
Criminal Justice and Corrections47 graduates a year · typical debt $14,240
$48k4 yrs out
Psychology, General43 graduates a year · typical debt $12,949
—not reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions43 graduates a year · typical debt $17,250
$71k4 yrs out
Who goes there

The students

15,535 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 57%Hispanic 24%Black 8%Asian 4%Two or more 4%International 1%

Women and men

Women 50%Men 50%
28 : 1
students per teacher
21%
get Pell grants (lower income)
18%
take federal loans
7%
undergrads 25 or older
48%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Brenham

11% of Brenham’s 19,957 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Brenham pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

Straight-line distances from Blinn College District; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

Prairie View A & M UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Prairie View
25.5 mi8,784 students

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.