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San Jacinto Community College

Pasadena, Texas Public 4-year Midsize city

Overview

Located in Pasadena, Texas, San Jacinto Community College is a public four-year institution. The campus sits in a midsize city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 31,812 students.

San Jacinto Community College offers certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor's degrees across 82 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are General Studies, Business/Commerce, and Welding Technology. It awarded 8,537 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 17 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. The student-to-faculty ratio is 24 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
31,812
Students enrolled
8,537
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
82
Programs and majors
24:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelor

Programs and majors offered 82

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
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 3
Health Professions 20
Engineering Technologies 9
Precision Production 1
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 9
Computer and Information Sciences 3
Science Technologies 1
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 4
Construction Trades 3
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 3
Education 3
Visual and Performing Arts 4
Mathematics and Statistics 1
Family and Consumer Sciences 3
Communications Technologies 1
English Language and Literature 1
Engineering 1
Transportation and Materials Moving 1
Legal Professions and Studies 1
Social Sciences 1
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 1
Physical Sciences 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
24:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
52
Associate degrees
5,172
Certificates under 1 year
1,055
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
2,258

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
31,812
Undergraduates, fall 2024
31,812
Full-time, fall 2024
35%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
44,123
Full-time, 2024-25
28%
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
60%
Men
40%
White
17%
Hispanic or Latino
59%
Black or African American
10%
Asian
5%
Two or more races
2%
International (U.S. nonresident)
3%
Race or ethnicity unknown
3%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
17
Programs with a fully online option
6
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
38%
Students taking some online courses
39%

Campus and services

Setting
Midsize city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional
Athletic association
NJCAA
Chancellor
Dr. Brenda Hellyer
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, On-campus day care, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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