Howard College
Howard College at a Glance
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About Howard College
According to Wikipedia, Howard College is a public community college with its main campus in Big Spring, Texas. It also has branch campuses in San Angelo and Lamesa. History Howard County Junior College was established in Big Spring in 1945. 148 students began lessons in September 1946, in the hospital wing of the former Big Spring Army Air Force Bombardier School . Five years later the school moved to a site in southeast Big Spring which came to include an administration-classroom-library building, a practical-arts building, a greenhouse, a music building, dormitories, and a 10,000-seat stadium. The Lamesa campus was established in 1972 and the first class in San Angelo was held the following year. The school's name changed to Howard College by 1974. In August 1980 the school opened the Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf on of the former Webb Air Force Base, and it took over a nursing program in San Angelo the following year.
Howard College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information
| Retention Rate | Graduation Rate |
|---|---|
| 71% | 35% |
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 Howard College Cost To Attend?
| Tuition and fees (in-state) |
|---|
| $2,766 |
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 Howard College Graduates Make?
Ten years after starting college, former Howard College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $40,037 a year, and 87% 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.
Howard College's Demographics
Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.
| Student Body | Under-Grads |
|---|---|
| 4,997 | 4,997 |
Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.
Where is Howard College?
Howard College is located at 1001 Birdwell Lane, Big Spring, TX 79720.
How Safe is Howard College?
Like every college that receives federal student aid, Howard College 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, Howard College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of 0.02%. Big Spring has a violent crime rate of 0.77% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 2.81%. 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 Howard College Known For?
Howard College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:
- Nursing
- Medical
- Sociology
- Mathematics
- History
- Education
- Literature
- Criminal Justice
- Biology
- Communications
- Business
- Computer Science
Howard College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered
Each rank compares how much Howard College'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
Howard College ranks #454 in the U.S. and #1220 worldwide for influence in Nursing.
nursing DegreesHoward College ranks #847 in the U.S. and #2979 worldwide for influence in Medical.
medicine DegreesHoward College ranks #1099 in the U.S. and #3696 worldwide for influence in Sociology.
sociology DegreesHoward College ranks #1340 in the U.S. and #5120 worldwide for influence in Mathematics.
math DegreesHoward College ranks #1962 in the U.S. and #6372 worldwide for influence in History.
history DegreesHoward College ranks #2063 in the U.S. and #7759 worldwide for influence in Education.
education DegreesHoward College ranks #2092 in the U.S. and #6586 worldwide for influence in Literature.
literature DegreesHoward College ranks #2113 in the U.S. and #4226 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.
criminal-justice DegreesHoward College ranks #2629 in the U.S. and #10308 worldwide for influence in Biology.
biology DegreesHoward College ranks #2956 in the U.S. and #10722 worldwide for influence in Communications.
communications DegreesHoward College ranks #3086 in the U.S. and #11129 worldwide for influence in Business.
business DegreesHoward College ranks #3263 in the U.S. and #11913 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.
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