Ranger College

In Texas, the central mission of public community colleges is to provide access to higher education. To this end, the Texas legislature has charged community colleges with operating inside service districts similar to independent school districts. Ranger College’s service district encompasses Brown, Comanche, Erath and Young counties, and portions of Eastland County.

Our campus in Stephenville is named the Ranger College Erath County Center (RCEC) because we serve the entire county.

RC has seen tremendous growth over the past decade, including a rapidly growing high school dual enrollment program.

Erath County alone has 308 high school students taking classes from RC. The total number of students at the RCEC has reached 855.

Recent course additions include Introduction to World Religions, Physical Geology, Introduction to Theater, Child Psychology, Agricultural Economics, and Wildlife Conservation and Man- agement.

Recently we added a child development program, which will house both an associate’s degree in Early Childhood Education and multiple certificates. It will include a Child Development Center (daycare) that will serve the public with space for 75 children aged 12 months to 12 years.

We also have a growing slate of continuing education offerings, including multiple health and human services classes such as Certified Nurse Aide and Medication Administration. Our newest continuing education addition is a class in drone aviation.

Ranger College is one of the leading colleges in Texas in receiving awards from the Texas Workforce Commission under their Skills Development Fund program. In this capacity, we provide highly specialized and customized training for businesses in our Erath County service district.

The Ranger College Department of Workforce Development provides training and programs of study for local demand occupations. Students may be traditional career seeking, or studying to increase skills to compete for job placement or advancement with local business, industry or agencies. Industries served include manufactur- ing, agriculture, and healthcare. The estimated economic impact of Ranger College’s workforce training courses and programs total in excess of $4,000,000 annually in new jobs and wage increases.

Our aim is to be a full service community and technical college, and we encourage all prospective students and interested community members to come visit our Erath County Center, located at 1835 West Lingleville Road in Stephenville (just across from Jaycee Park), to see how we can meet your needs.