10-yr median earnings
$41,302
Federal aid recipients only
Public · Amarillo, Texas
Amarillo College
Amarillo College is a public institution in Amarillo, Texas. as a public institution, published Scorecard outcomes are the federal Title-IV cohort view of former students — not every graduate and not a guarantee for any one enrollee.
- $4,600
- Avg net price / yr
- $41,302
- 10-yr median earnings
- 31.5%
- 150%-time completion
The verdict
Amarillo College posts above-median former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- Top 48%
- former-student earnings, US
- 31.5%
- 150%-time completion
- +19%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
City: Midsize
Carnegie: Associate's
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Amarillo College profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-High Traditional"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
C-
College Value Score
51/100
Amarillo College
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings C-
$41,302
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price A+
$4,600
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate F
31.5%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt D
$15,000
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment C-
60.1%
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$4,600
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
31.5%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 31.5%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Amarillo College vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Amarillo College ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Amarillo College: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$41,302 Top 48% higher than 52% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Amarillo College | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $41,302 | #2468 of 5103 | 52nd |
| Average net price | $4,600 | #268 of 5020 | 95th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 31.5% | #4193 of 4858 | 14th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 7,399 | #504 of 5462 | 91st |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
7,399
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
31.5%
150%-time completion
$41,302
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Amarillo College ranks in Texas
State rank among 324 reporting Texas colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Amarillo College | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $41,302 | #128 of 324 | 60th |
| Average net price | $4,600 | #27 of 340 | 92nd (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 31.5% | #270 of 324 | 17th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 7,399 | #41 of 366 | 89th |
Highest former-student earnings in Texas
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Coast University-Texas | $102,672 | $53,020 |
| 2 | University of North Texas Health Science Center | $93,615 | - |
| 3 | The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | $92,961 | - |
| 4 | Chamberlain University-Texas | $92,405 | $32,209 |
| 5 | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | $92,348 | - |
| 6 | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | $90,232 | - |
| 7 | Rice University | $89,718 | $13,370 |
| 8 | The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | $88,757 | - |
| 9 | The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio | $82,206 | - |
| 10 | Denver College of Nursing-Houston | $81,809 | - |
| 11 | Covenant School of Nursing and Allied Health | $78,724 | - |
| 12 | Southern Methodist University | $78,354 | $40,892 |
| 128 | Amarillo CollegeThis school | $41,302 | $4,600 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at Amarillo College
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$3,856 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$4,129 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$5,556 net price / yr
- $110k+
$110k+
$8,143 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Amarillo College - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| In-State Tuition | $2,136 |
| Out-of-State Tuition | $4,704 |
| Average Net Price | $4,600 |
44.0%
Pell Grant Rate
12.4%
Federal Loan Rate
$15,000
Median Debt
$159/mo
Monthly Payment
Net price at Amarillo College swings rather than trends
Across 11 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $4,034 to $6,224 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +2.7%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.
Lowest year
$4,034
Highest year
$6,224
Most recent (2023)
$6,040
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $5,8822023 · $6,040
Over the same years, enrollment went -26.6% (10,009 → 7,347 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
61.8%
Female
48.8%
First Generation
Outcomes
$34,698
Median Earnings (6yr)
53.6%
Earning Over $25K
60.1%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 31.5% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $34,698 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $41,302 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 53.6% |
| Loan repayment rate | Completers, 3 years after leaving | 60.1% |
| Median federal student debt | At completion | $15,000 |
| Estimated monthly payment | Standard 10-year plan | $159/mo |
Programs & Earnings
Field-of-study summary by credential
| Credential | Programs | Award count | Avg earnings | Top earnings | Avg debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associate's | 20 | 1,269 | $52,496 | $92,611 | $15,704 |
| Certificate | 12 | 691 | $48,468 | $70,658 | $13,507 |
Top programs at Amarillo College by completer earnings
Median earnings of program completers, College Scorecard field-of-study file
- Electromechanical Technolo…
Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians
$92,611 median earnings
- Registered Nursing, Nursin…
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
$74,250 median earnings
- Electromechanical Technolo…
Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians
$70,658 median earnings
- Allied Health Diagnostic, …
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
$64,970 median earnings
- Dental Support Services an…
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
$63,259 median earnings
- Criminal Justice and Corre…
Criminal Justice and Corrections
$62,999 median earnings
- Practical Nursing, Vocatio…
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
$62,068 median earnings
- Engineering, General
Engineering, General
$60,336 median earnings
What this shows The highest-earning programs at a school are not necessarily its most popular ones - a small specialized program can post strong median earnings without reflecting the outcome most students here actually see.
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Similar Reported Net Price
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Amarillo College? ▼
Amarillo College is a public institution in Amarillo, Texas. Undergraduate enrollment is 7,399 students.
How much do Amarillo College former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Amarillo College who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $41,302 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $34,698.
How much does Amarillo College cost? ▼
The average net price at Amarillo College is $4,600. In-state tuition is $2,136 and out-of-state tuition is $4,704. Median student debt at graduation is $15,000.
What is the graduation rate at Amarillo College? ▼
Amarillo College has a 31.5% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Is Amarillo College worth the student debt? ▼
The median student debt at Amarillo College is $15,000, while former students earn a median of $41,302 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 36% of those annual earnings. Among borrowers who completed their program, 60.1% are repaying their loans within 3 years. Estimated monthly loan payment is $159.
Sources & methodology
Public-college profiles lean on IPEDS enrollment and Scorecard Title-IV outcomes. State appropriations are outside this page; the figures below are the federal cohort measures only.
Every number is read live from the Mar–Jul 2026 Scorecard/IPEDS retrievals. Public institutions often enroll large Title-IV cohorts, so medians can be stable — still cohort averages, never a personal forecast. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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