About ACC
At a Glance

ACC Service Area
The ACC District provides instruction at seven campuses, nine evening centers, and a variety of business and community locations. Gray areas indicate service area; black areas indicate tax district.

Educational mission of ACC
The Austin Community College District is the primary trainer and retrainer of the Central Texas workforce. The college is mandated by state law to offer a full range of educational programs and services:

  • University transfer
  • Workforce training and retraining
  • Continuing Education
  • Access programs
  • Adult Education for Basic Education, GED, and ESL
  • Developmental Education in Reading, Writing, Math, and Study Skills
  • Comprehensive student support services

Curriculum
Nearly 200 degrees and certificates:

  • Credit
  • Noncredit (Continuing Education)
  • Distance Learning
  • Hybrid
  • Customized Training

The Austin Community College District is the eighth-largest single-college, multi-campus community college district in the nation, offering university transfer, workforce training, continuing education, and adult education programs.

Unless otherwise noted, the following figures are taken from the 2006-2007 ACC Fact Book.

Enrollment

  • Credit 33,039 (fall only)
  • Continuing Education 9,882 (annual)
  • Adult Education 3,111 (annual)
Full-Time Faculty
  • 78.66% White
  • 11.56% Hispanic
  • 8.14% Black
  • 3.21% Asian
  • 0.21% Am. Indian
  • 0.21% Other/Unknown
Credit Student Profile
    Course load
  • 72.10% Part time
  • 27.90% Full time
    Gender
  • 43.88% Men
  • 56.12% Women
    Ethnicity
  • 58.92% White
  • 24.26% Hispanic
  • 7.74% Black
  • 4.84% Asian
  • 0.89% Am. Indian
  • 3.36% Other/Unknown
    Contact hrs.
  • 79.6% Transfer courses
  • 20.4% Workforce courses

Tuition and Fees per Semester
In-district: $39 per credit hour plus fees, or $162 for a typical, three-credit class.
Out-of-district: $110 per credit hour plus fees, or $375 for a typical, three-credit class.

Financial Aid
Nearly $32 million in assistance awarded annually in the form of grants, loans, work study and scholarships.

Annual Operating Budget
$159 million (FY07)
Annual Operating Budget

Service Area & Tax District:
ACC Boundary Map
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How is Austin Community College doing on Closing the Gaps?
Closing the Gaps is a state-mandated, economic initiative requiring all Texas public colleges and universities to reverse a decline in college participation by enrolling 630,000 additional Texans by 2015. Sixty percent will enroll at community colleges, according to projections. Learn more.

ACC’s Closing the Gaps enrollment goals:

  • 2010: 34,540
  • 2015: 39,090
  • 2020: 44,160

Fall 04 to Fall 05 success indicators:

  • 13% increase in financial aid applications and an 11% increase in awards
  • 9% increase in black enrollment
  • 10% increase in Hispanic enrollment
  • College Connection up 36%: 54% minority
  • Early College Start/high school co-enrollment up 26%