The mission of Lon Morris College is to offer a quality liberal arts education within a Christian community that allows the whole person to develop and mature.
School Highlights
Lon Morris College served 552 students (96% of students were full-time).
Minority enrollment was 70% of the student body (majority Black), which was less than the state average of 71%.
School Overview
Lon Morris College
(TX) Community College Avg.
Institution Control
Public
Public
Total Faculty
102 staff
262 staff
Student Body
Total Enrollment
552 students
4,669 students
Student : Teacher Ratio
n/a
17:1
# Full-Time Students
529 students
1,310 students
# Part-Time Students
23 students
3,359 students
# Enrollment Undergraduate
n/a
344 students
# Full-Time Undergraduate Students
552 students
1,289 students
# Full-Time Graduate Students
n/a
16 students
# Part-Time Undergraduate Students
23 students
3,151 students
# Part-Time Graduate Students
n/a
50 students
Total Dormitory Capacity
n/a
252 students
% American Indian/Alaskan
1%
n/a
% Asian
n/a
5%
% Hispanic
9%
46%
% Black
46%
12%
% White
30%
29%
% Two or more races
n/a
2%
% Non Resident races
2%
2%
% Unknown races
12%
4%
Diversity Score
0.68
0.69
College Completion Rate (Students who graduate in less than 4 years)
30%
18%
College Completion Rate (Students who graduate in 4 years or more than 4 years)
n/a
2.44%
Average Graduate Earnings (10 Years)
$33,300
$34,600
Tuition and Acceptance Rate
% Students Receiving Some Financial Aid
97%
77%
Median Debt for Graduates
$11,000
$9,291
Median Debt for Dropouts
$5,500
$4,497
Acceptance Rate
66%
75%
Source: 2012 (or latest year available) Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
School Notes
Lon Morris College is a church-related, two-year college of the
arts and sciences with a core curriculum emphasizing the liberal
arts. As a two-year college, Lon Morris College offers two years of
higher education, foundational for advanced degrees, for those
going on to more extended general education or to specialized and
professional study. Lon Morris College was founded in 1854 as the
Danville Academy near Kilgore, Texas. In 1875, the school became
the property of the East Texas Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, and changed its name to Alexander
Collegiate Institute in honor of its president and outstanding
early Texas educator, the Reverend Isaac Alexander. The charter was
obtained in 1886, and in 1894 the school was moved to its present
location in Jacksonville, Texas. The name was changed once more, in
1924, to Lon Morris College by approval of the Texas Annual
Conference after R.A. “Lon” Morris of Pittsburg, Texas gave his
estate to the school. Lon Morris organized the first Phi Theta
Kappa in Texas, which was begun in 1929. Phi Theta Kappa is the
national scholastic society for two-year colleges. Lon Morris is
the only two-year United Methodist college west of the Mississippi
River, and it is the only surviving pre-Civil War school in East
Texas. The college offers an Associate of Arts (AA) degree, an
Associate of Science (AS) degree, or an Associate of Fine Arts
(AFA) degree. Lon Morris College is accredited by the Commission on
Colleges of Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the
University Senate of the United Methodist Church.
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Did You Know?
For Texas public community colleges, the average tuition is approximately $4,390 per year for in-state students and $6,601 for out-of-state students. For private community colleges, the average yearly tuition is approximately $13,943 per year. Read more about average community college tuition costs across the country.
