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Galveston College

Galveston, Texas Public 4-year Small city

Overview

Galveston College is a public four-year institution in Galveston, Texas. Its campus is in a small city. It enrolled 2,405 students in fall 2024.

Galveston College offers certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor's degrees across 42 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are General Studies, Welding Technology, and Instrumentation Technology/Technician. It awarded 814 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. The student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
2,405
Students enrolled
814
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
42
Programs and majors
14:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelor

Programs and majors offered 42

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Health Professions 14
Precision Production 1
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 2
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 2
Engineering Technologies 1
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Construction Trades 1
Business, Management and Marketing 3
Education 1
Computer and Information Sciences 2
Psychology 1
Social Sciences 1
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 1
Visual and Performing Arts 2
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
English Language and Literature 2
History 1
Physical Sciences 1
Communication and Journalism 1
Mathematics and Statistics 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

Student-to-faculty ratio
14:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
20
Associate degrees
373
Certificates under 1 year
250
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
171

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
2,405
Undergraduates, fall 2024
2,405
Full-time, fall 2024
33%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
3,224
Full-time, 2024-25
30%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
65%
Men
35%
White
30%
Hispanic or Latino
41%
Black or African American
17%
Asian
2%
Two or more races
3%
Race or ethnicity unknown
6%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs with a fully online option
2
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
17%
Students taking some online courses
40%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Small city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional
Athletic association
NJCAA
President
Dr. W. Myles Shelton
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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