Navarro County Courthouse · Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0Corsicana is home to Navarro College
Navarro College (4,873 students on campus) is inside the city. About 7% of Corsicana’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas (6%).
From the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard, June 2026; IPEDS fall 2023 enrollment) and the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–24. Straight-line distances from the center of Corsicana. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college in Corsicana
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Corsicana
It is public. Every other college is more than 15 miles from Corsicana.
Degree-granting colleges with 100 or more students on campus (fall 2023 enrollment, minus students who study only online). Admitted: share of applicants offered a place. Net price: the average a year after grants, for students on federal aid. Graduate: within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting.
What would your family pay?
The average a year after grants, for families on federal aid, at the colleges within 15 miles. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $48–75k, where Corsicana’s median household income ($57,212) falls.
The average a year after grants and scholarships, for first-time, full-time students on federal aid, from the College Scorecard. Your own price depends on your aid package; every college has a net price calculator. For community colleges the net price counts housing and food at full cost, so tuition is shown beside it. “—”: not reported for that income.
Do students finish, and does it pay?
Each dot is a college within 15 miles of Corsicana: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting.
Graduation: first-time, full-time students within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 years (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting, for students who got federal aid.
What students study in Corsicana
Share of bachelor’s and associate degrees by field at Navarro College, weighted by undergraduates; then the biggest programs.
Biggest programs
College Scorecard: degree shares (PCIP; each college’s six largest fields are kept, the rest count as everything else) and the field-of-study file, median earnings 4 years after graduating.
Questions about college in Corsicana
Is Corsicana a college town?
No. About 7 of every 100 Corsicana residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Texas (6). The largest campus in the city, Navarro College, has 4,873 students on campus.
What colleges are in Corsicana?
Navarro College is inside the city.
What is the closest community college to Corsicana, and what does it cost?
Navarro College in Corsicana, 1.9 miles away. Tuition and fees are $3,008 a year for Texas residents; the federal net price, $14,820, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Navarro College cost if we live in Texas?
Tuition and fees are $3,008 a year in-state and $6,578 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $14,283 (under $30,000 income) to $18,257 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
Neighbors talk college
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Colleges: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023 enrollment). “On campus” is fall enrollment minus students who study only online. Distances are straight-line from the center of Corsicana. Residents in college, age, rent and poverty (including poverty without college students, table B14006): U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24. Colleges are described, not graded; the College town label marks towns where 15% or more of residents are enrolled. How TownRatings describes colleges →