Austin Community College District

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#6620 / #1747
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
Community college in Central Texas

Austin Community College District at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#1747
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$2,550
Graduation rate
19%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
30,189

Reviewed by , Vice President and Academic Editor. Influence ranks come from our InfluenceRanking™ methodology; other figures come from federal data, with the year shown under each section. Report an error

Austin Community College District Featured Rankings

About Austin Community College District

According to Wikipedia, The Austin Community College District is a public community college system serving the Austin, Texas, metropolitan area and surrounding Central Texas communities. The college maintains numerous campuses, centers, and distance learning options to serve about 100,000 students in academic, continuing education and adult education programs.

Austin Community College District's Online Degrees

AS in Business, Government and Technical Communication
Degree Concentrations
  • Social Media Communications
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Business, Government and Technical Communications
Degree Concentrations
  • Business and Government Communications
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Marketing
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Marketing
  • Required Credits: 18
  • Completion Time: 1 year or less
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Real Estate
  • Required Credits: 18
  • Completion Time: 1 year or less
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Computer Information Technology
Degree Concentrations
  • Software Teseting
  • Web Programming
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Computer Information Systems
Degree Concentrations
  • Web Developer
  • Computer Information Technology
  • Computer Programming – Data Science
  • Computer Programming – C++
  • Computer Programming – Java
  • Computer Programming
  • Software Testing
  • Required Credits: 21-30
  • Completion Time: 1 year or less
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Geographic Information Systems
  • Required Credits: 21
  • Completion Time: 1 year or less
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Criminal Justice
Degree Concentrations
  • Corrections
  • Law Enforcement
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in General Studies
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Communications
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Foreign Language
Degree Concentrations
  • Arabic
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Geography
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Journalism
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Philosophy
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online

Austin Community College District Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Graduation Rate
19%

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.

How Much Does Austin Community College District Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$2,550
Average Net Price by Family Income (2024–25)
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$1,396
30K - 48K$1,069
48K - 75K$2,916
75K - 110K$6,835
110K+$9,816

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.

How Much Do Austin Community College District Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Austin Community College District students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $47,658 a year, and 85% of those not still in school are working.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.

Austin Community College District's Demographics

Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.

Student BodyUnder-Grads
58,46858,468

Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.

Where is Austin Community College District?

Austin Community College District is located at 6101 Highland Campus Drive, Austin, TX 78752-7000.

How Safe is Austin Community College District?

Like every college that receives federal student aid, Austin Community College District publishes an annual security report with its campus crime statistics and safety policies. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.

Relative to its enrollment, Austin Community College District has a violent crime rate of 0.03% and a property crime rate of 0.05%. Austin has a violent crime rate of 0.48% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 3.29%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.

What Is Austin Community College District Known For?

Austin Community College District is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:

Austin Community College District's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

Each rank compares how much Austin Community College District's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence

Medical
#3181
World Rank
#3184
Historical Rank
#905
USA Rank

Austin Community College District ranks #905 in the U.S. and #3181 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees
Economics
#5677
World Rank
#5679
Historical Rank
#1053
USA Rank

Austin Community College District ranks #1053 in the U.S. and #5677 worldwide for influence in Economics.

economics Degrees
Literature
#3170
World Rank
#3212
Historical Rank
#1057
USA Rank

Austin Community College District ranks #1057 in the U.S. and #3170 worldwide for influence in Literature.

literature Degrees
Anthropology
#3280
World Rank
#3289
Historical Rank
#1085
USA Rank

Austin Community College District ranks #1085 in the U.S. and #3280 worldwide for influence in Anthropology.

anthropology Degrees
Criminal Justice
#2296
World Rank
#2299
Historical Rank
#1173
USA Rank

Austin Community College District ranks #1173 in the U.S. and #2296 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.

criminal-justice Degrees
Nursing
#3376
World Rank
#3377
Historical Rank
#1330
USA Rank

Austin Community College District ranks #1330 in the U.S. and #3376 worldwide for influence in Nursing.

nursing Degrees
Philosophy
#4554
World Rank
#4584
Historical Rank
#1374
USA Rank

Austin Community College District ranks #1374 in the U.S. and #4554 worldwide for influence in Philosophy.

philosophy Degrees
Computer Science
#5933
World Rank
#5941
Historical Rank
#1425
USA Rank

Austin Community College District ranks #1425 in the U.S. and #5933 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.

computer-science Degrees
Engineering
#7382
World Rank
#7388
Historical Rank
#1442
USA Rank

Austin Community College District ranks #1442 in the U.S. and #7382 worldwide for influence in Engineering.

engineering Degrees
Mathematics
#5573
World Rank
#5597
Historical Rank
#1477
USA Rank

Austin Community College District ranks #1477 in the U.S. and #5573 worldwide for influence in Mathematics.

math Degrees
Earth Sciences
#5496
World Rank
#5513
Historical Rank
#1551
USA Rank

Austin Community College District ranks #1551 in the U.S. and #5496 worldwide for influence in Earth Sciences.

earth-science Degrees
Chemistry
#6051
World Rank
#6057
Historical Rank
#1587
USA Rank

Austin Community College District ranks #1587 in the U.S. and #6051 worldwide for influence in Chemistry.

chemistry Degrees
Physics
#5911
World Rank
#5928
Historical Rank
#1607
USA Rank

Austin Community College District ranks #1607 in the U.S. and #5911 worldwide for influence in Physics.

physics Degrees
Business
#5850
World Rank
#5850
Historical Rank
#1630
USA Rank

Austin Community College District ranks #1630 in the U.S. and #5850 worldwide for influence in Business.

business Degrees
Political Science
#7172
World Rank
#7180
Historical Rank
#1707
USA Rank

Austin Community College District ranks #1707 in the U.S. and #7172 worldwide for influence in Political Science.

political-science Degrees
Sociology
#5513
World Rank
#5516
Historical Rank
#1839
USA Rank

Austin Community College District ranks #1839 in the U.S. and #5513 worldwide for influence in Sociology.

sociology Degrees
History
#6403
World Rank
#6411
Historical Rank
#1973
USA Rank

Austin Community College District ranks #1973 in the U.S. and #6403 worldwide for influence in History.

history Degrees
Education
#7696
World Rank
#7699
Historical Rank
#2041
USA Rank

Austin Community College District ranks #2041 in the U.S. and #7696 worldwide for influence in Education.

education Degrees
Communications
#8153
World Rank
#8171
Historical Rank
#2194
USA Rank

Austin Community College District ranks #2194 in the U.S. and #8153 worldwide for influence in Communications.

communications Degrees
Biology
#12780
World Rank
#12793
Historical Rank
#3476
USA Rank

Austin Community College District ranks #3476 in the U.S. and #12780 worldwide for influence in Biology.

biology Degrees

Who Are Austin Community College District's Most Influential Alumni?

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