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Tyler Junior College

Tyler, Texas Public 4-year Midsize city

Overview

Tyler Junior College is a public four-year institution based in Tyler, Texas. The campus sits in a midsize city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 11,885 students.

Tyler Junior College offers certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor's degrees across 86 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are General Studies, Business Administration and Management, and Registered Nursing. It awarded 4,007 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 8 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 60% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 18 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
11,885
Students enrolled
60%
First-year retention
4,007
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
86
Programs and majors
18:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelor

Programs and majors offered 86

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
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 6
Health Professions 20
Business, Management and Marketing 2
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 5
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1
Computer and Information Sciences 5
Precision Production 1
Engineering Technologies 5
Visual and Performing Arts 6
Family and Consumer Sciences 4
Psychology 1
Education 4
Public Administration and Social Services 2
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 1
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 2
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 1
History 1
Communication and Journalism 3
English Language and Literature 2
Physical Sciences 3
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
Social Sciences 3
Engineering 1
Legal Professions and Studies 1
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 1
Mathematics and Statistics 1
Communications Technologies 1
Natural Resources and Conservation 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

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

First-year retention, full-time students
60%
First-year retention, part-time students
42%
Student-to-faculty ratio
18:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
37
Associate degrees
2,202
Certificates under 1 year
1,246
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
522

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
11,885
Undergraduates, fall 2024
11,885
Full-time, fall 2024
43%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
16,253
Full-time, 2024-25
36%
Size category
10,000 to 19,999 students

Student body

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

Women
64%
Men
36%
White
46%
Hispanic or Latino
27%
Black or African American
16%
Asian
2%
Two or more races
5%
International (U.S. nonresident)
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
3%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
8
Programs with a fully online option
8
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
26%
Students taking some online courses
52%

Campus and services

Setting
Midsize city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Associate's Dominant
Athletic association
NJCAA
President
Juan E. Mejia
Services and opportunities
Undergraduate research, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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