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Lone Star College System

The Woodlands, Texas Public 4-year Midsize city

Overview

Located in The Woodlands, Texas, Lone Star College System is a public four-year institution. The campus sits in a midsize city. It enrolled 73,077 students in fall 2024.

Lone Star College System offers certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor's degrees across 72 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Business/Commerce, and Business Administration and Management. It awarded 14,167 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 7 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. The student-to-faculty ratio is 22 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
73,077
Students enrolled
14,167
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
72
Programs and majors
22:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelor

Programs and majors offered 72

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
Business, Management and Marketing 6
Health Professions 18
Computer and Information Sciences 7
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 3
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 3
Education 2
Precision Production 1
Engineering Technologies 6
Construction Trades 1
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 2
Visual and Performing Arts 3
Science Technologies 2
Social Sciences 3
Engineering 3
Legal Professions and Studies 1
Communication and Journalism 2
English Language and Literature 1
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 1
Transportation and Materials Moving 1
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 1
Family and Consumer Sciences 1
History 1
Area, Ethnic, Cultural and Gender Studies 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
22:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
366
Associate degrees
10,729
Certificates under 1 year
1,280
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
1,792

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
73,077
Undergraduates, fall 2024
73,077
Full-time, fall 2024
28%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
111,144
Full-time, 2024-25
21%
Size category
20,000 students or more

Student body

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

Women
59%
Men
41%
White
25%
Hispanic or Latino
40%
Black or African American
14%
Asian
8%
Two or more races
4%
International (U.S. nonresident)
3%
Race or ethnicity unknown
5%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
7
Programs with a fully online option
2
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
43%
Students taking some online courses
34%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Midsize city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional
Chancellor
Mario Castillo
Services and opportunities
Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, On-campus day care, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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