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Palo Alto College
San Antonio, TX · Public · 8,801 students · mostly associate degrees
23rd-cheapest of 340 Texas colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$4,463
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$11,946
Graduation rate
33%
Admission rate
—
Median graduate earnings
$37,448
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$13,393
Pell grant recipients
27%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
70 programsBusiness Administration and Management, General · Associate's Degree32 grads/yr$44,952Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Associate's Degree81 grads/yr$38,409Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Associate's Degree0 grads/yr$37,343General Studies · Associate's Degree1,099 grads/yr$33,578
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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