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(Nationwide) |
| County |
Howard County, TX |
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| Title IV Eligible |
Yes |
Yes |
| Carnegie Classification |
Associate of Arts Colleges |
Associate of Arts Colleges |
| Institution Level |
At least 2 yrs but < 4 yrs |
At least 2 yrs but < 4 yrs |
| Institution Control |
Public |
Public |
| Full-Time Undergraduate |
1,045 students |
998 students |
| Part-Time Undergraduate |
1,676 students |
1,405 students |
| Total Enrollment |
2,721 students |
2,164 students |
| Total Dormitory Capacity |
240 students |
220 students |
| % Students Receiving Some Financial Aid |
69% |
78% |
| % Students Receiving Federal Grants |
18% |
47% |
| Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received |
$2,637 |
$2,810 |
| % Students Receiving State/Local Grants |
23% |
28% |
| Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received |
$945 |
$1,211 |
| % Students Receiving Institutional Grants |
31% |
11% |
| Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received |
$3,735 |
$1,117 |
| % Students Receiving Loans |
28% |
37% |
| Avg. Amount Of Loan Received |
$2,000 |
$3,048 |
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- The Howard County Junior College District was created by a county-wide vote on November 17, 1945. Seven citizens of Howard County were elected on that same ballot to serve as a Board of Trustees. Howard College was first housed two miles west of downtown Big Spring in the hospital area of the former Air Force Bombardier School. The first session began on September 30, 1946. On September 12, 1951, the college was moved to a one hundred acre campus located in southeast Big Spring. On November 6, 1979, the Board of Trustees unanimously voted to establish the SouthWest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf as a part of the Howard County Junior College District. The first classes offered through this program began on August 25, 1980.
- Howard College/Big Spring physical facilities are located on a spacious campus. The 120-acre campus contains an administration-classroom complex, a two-story science building, a 14,000 square foot library building, a fitness center, a student union building, a music building, a practical arts building, an applied science center, a 28,000 square foot occupational building, residence halls for men and women, a 90,000 square foot coliseum complex, a baseball park, a softball park, and a football stadium with a seating capacity of ten thousand, utilized and maintained by the Big Spring Independent School District.
- Howard College is accredited by The Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees.
- Profile last updated: 00/00/0000.
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