| Community college | City | County | Instructional staff (FTE) | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Star College System | The Woodlands | Montgomery County | 1,764.33 | Official site |
| Dallas College | Dallas | Dallas County | 1,713.33 | Official site |
| Houston City College | Houston | Harris County | 1,439 | Official site |
| Tarrant County College District | Fort Worth | Tarrant County | 1,135.67 | Official site |
| Collin County Community College District | McKinney | Collin County | 1,119 | Official site |
| Austin Community College District | Austin | Travis County | 1,025.33 | Official site |
| San Jacinto Community College | Pasadena | Harris County | 822.33 | Official site |
| South Texas College | McAllen | Hidalgo County | 707.33 | Official site |
| El Paso Community College | El Paso | El Paso County | 641.33 | Official site |
| Texas State Technical College | Waco | McLennan County | 565.67 | Official site |
| Blinn College District | Brenham | Washington County | 457 | Official site |
| Tyler Junior College | Tyler | Smith County | 418.67 | Official site |
| Del Mar College | Corpus Christi | Nueces County | 410.67 | Official site |
| San Antonio College | San Antonio | Bexar County | 395 | Official site |
| South Plains College | Levelland | Hockley County | 348 | Official site |
| Central Texas College | Killeen | Coryell County | 318.67 | Official site |
| St Philip's College | San Antonio | Bexar County | 305.33 | Official site |
| Northwest Vista College | San Antonio | Bexar County | 288.33 | Official site |
| Amarillo College | Amarillo | Potter County | 282 | Official site |
| McLennan Community College | Waco | McLennan County | 266.33 | Official site |
| Lee College | Baytown | Harris County | 251.33 | Official site |
| Odessa College | Odessa | Ector County | 235 | Official site |
| North Central Texas College | Gainesville | Cooke County | 233.33 | Official site |
| Kilgore College | Kilgore | Gregg County | 229.67 | Official site |
| Weatherford College | Weatherford | Parker County | 225 | Official site |
| Midland College | Midland | Midland County | 214.67 | Official site |
| Wharton County Junior College | Wharton | Wharton County | 203 | Official site |
| Laredo College | Laredo | Webb County | 187.67 | Official site |
| Palo Alto College | San Antonio | Bexar County | 185 | Official site |
| Texas Southmost College | Brownsville | Cameron County | 181.33 | Official site |
| Brazosport College | Lake Jackson | Brazoria County | 179.33 | Official site |
| Navarro College | Corsicana | Navarro County | 179.33 | Official site |
| Trinity Valley Community College | Athens | Henderson County | 170.33 | Official site |
| Alvin Community College | Alvin | Brazoria County | 168.33 | Official site |
| Temple College | Temple | Bell County | 158.67 | Official site |
| Angelina College | Lufkin | Angelina County | 157.67 | Official site |
| College of the Mainland | Texas City | Galveston County | 156.33 | Official site |
| Grayson College | Denison | Grayson County | 155.67 | Official site |
| Hill College | Hillsboro | Hill County | 140.33 | Official site |
| Southwest Texas College | Uvalde | Uvalde County | 139 | Official site |
| Victoria College | Victoria | Victoria County | 131 | Official site |
| Lamar Institute of Technology | Beaumont | Jefferson County | 129.67 | Official site |
| Northeast Lakeview College | Universal City | Bexar County | 122.33 | Official site |
| Cisco College | Cisco | Eastland County | 119.33 | Official site |
| Howard College | Big Spring | Howard County | 118.44 | Official site |
| Panola College | Carthage | Panola County | 111.67 | Official site |
| Texarkana College | Texarkana | Bowie County | 111.33 | Official site |
| Paris Junior College | Paris | Lamar County | 105.33 | Official site |
| Northeast Texas Community College | Mount Pleasant | Titus County | 104 | Official site |
| Coastal Bend College | Beeville | Bee County | 99 | Official site |
| Vernon College | Vernon | Wilbarger County | 97 | Official site |
| Lamar State College-Orange | Orange | Orange County | 83.67 | Official site |
| Lamar State College-Port Arthur | Port Arthur | Jefferson County | 75.67 | Official site |
| Galveston College | Galveston | Galveston County | 74 | Official site |
| Ranger College | Ranger | Eastland County | 70.67 | Official site |
| Clarendon College | Clarendon | Donley County | 52.33 | Official site |
| Frank Phillips College | Borger | Hutchinson County | 51.33 | Official site |
| Western Texas College | Snyder | Scurry County | 46 | Official site |
| Southwest College for the Deaf | Big Spring | Howard County | 7.56 | Official site |
Largest first by instructional staff (FTE), as each employer reports it to its federal registry.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2025–26 institutional characteristics and fall 2024 human resources. Data captured October 2, 2026.
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