unitid 227377 · Brownsville, TX · public 2-year · city (midsize)
Texas Southmost College
- enrollment 2023
- 10,342
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
3,372
65th pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
28%
undergrads on Pell grants
44th pctl among public 2-years
completion
30%
finish within 150% time
24th pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$10,999
8th pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$3,085
after aid, aided students
9th pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$41,900
after entry, Title IV students
73rd pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$9,000
29th pctl among public 2-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $1,696 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 2-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k69%
- 30-48k17%
- 48-75knot reported
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $18,075
- First-generation students
- 56%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $3,148
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.7× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 534 | $33,862 | $11,000 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 100 | $40,587 | $8,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 64 | $28,407 | $7,750 |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 61 | — | $10,655 |
| Social Work. | 41 | $40,062 | $10,550 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 33 | $71,417 | $12,349 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 29 | — | — |
| Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection. | 26 | — | — |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants. | 22 | — | $10,102 |
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians. | 17 | — | — |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 16 | $33,233 | — |
| Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection. | 16 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.