Tarrant County College District (Tarrant County College) Acceptance Rate, GPA, and Admission Requirements

TCC has no GPA minimum, no test score requirement, no essay, and no application fee. Admission is a formality. What actually determines your outcome is whether you've mapped your pathway before your first semester: Are you transferring to a Texas four-year university after two years? Then you need the Texas ACGM transfer courses, which are guaranteed to transfer to any Texas public institution. Are you targeting Texas State University specifically? TCC and TXST launched an assured transfer program in 2025 - complete 30 transfer hours with a 2.25 GPA and you have guaranteed TXST admission. Are you pursuing a workforce credential like aviation or nursing? Those programs have their own selective gates (waitlists, HESI A2, TSI, prerequisite science courses) that are entirely separate from general admission. Know which track you're on before you register for your first class.

TCC's Aviation Maintenance Technology program at the Erma C. Johnson Hadley Center of Excellence is one of the largest aviation education facilities in Texas, with $3 million in training equipment and three FAA-designated Mechanics Examiners on faculty. Two separate AAS degrees are offered - Airframe (60 credits) and Powerplant (60 credits) - at approximately $4,440 total in-county tuition each. Completing both prepares you for all three components of the FAA Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) certification exam. The program sits adjacent to Alliance Airport, meaning training happens in an active commercial aviation environment. But: there is approximately a one-year waitlist, you must attend a mandatory Aviation Information Session to begin the program-specific application, TSI requirements must be met before enrollment, and a prior criminal history may affect FAA licensing eligibility under Texas House Bill 1508. Start this process at least 18 months before you want to be in class.

The Texas Success Initiative (TSI) assessment - a state-mandated college readiness exam in reading, writing, and math - is required before you can enroll in college-level coursework. Students who don't meet TSI thresholds take developmental (non-credit) coursework first. For competitive programs including nursing and aviation, TSI completion is required before even submitting a program application. This means a student who arrives at TCC planning to start nursing in the fall may spend a semester or more in developmental courses before their nursing application clock even starts. If you have recent SAT, ACT, TSI, or AP scores that exempt you from TSI testing - know that before you show up. Exemption scores are specific; confirm your status with a TCC advisor at enrollment, not after.

TCC's Early College High School (ECHS) program allows students starting in 9th or 10th grade to earn up to 60 tuition-free college credit hours alongside their high school diploma. With 12,500 dual enrollment students in TCC's most recent fall semester - driven in part by ECHS partnerships - this is not a small or experimental program. It is one of the fastest-growing parts of TCC's enrollment. For high school students in Tarrant County ISDs who are college-bound, ECHS is structurally the most cost-efficient pathway to begin an associate degree. Students who complete 60 credits before high school graduation arrive at TCC or a transfer institution with the equivalent of two years of credit, often at zero out-of-pocket cost. If your ISD partners with TCC, ask your counselor whether ECHS enrollment is available to you next fall - not your senior year.