Victoria College, Victoria

What Victoria College, Victoria does

Victoria College is a public community college located at 2200 E. Red River Street, Victoria, Texas, operating under Texas Administrative Code Title 19 with an open-door admissions policy and SACSCOC regional accreditation. The institution serves a seven-county Texas service region and is designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution. It offers credit-bearing academic programs — Associate of Arts and Associate of Science transfer degrees, Business & Technology, Health Careers (nursing, PTA, respiratory care, EMS, vocational nursing), Industrial Trades (instrumentation, process technology, welding), and Public Service (criminal justice, law enforcement academy, EMT) — alongside continuing education, adult education, Kids College, customized Employee Training, and cultural programming through the Leo J. Welder Center for the Performing Arts and the Museum of the Coastal Bend. Distance education is delivered via Canvas LMS and the Panopto video platform under NC-SARA reciprocity covering 49 states plus DC, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The technology footprint is conventional higher-ed IT: Canvas LMS and Panopto for instruction; Ellucian Banner as the student information system; Element451 as CRM/communications; NeoGov for HR; DocuWare for document management; Virtual EMS for event scheduling; Advantage Design for publishing; TouchNet/Marketplace via the Pirate Portal for payments; Regroup for emergency mass-notification; Cisco Webex for KEY Center tutoring; and Beacon Bid for procurement. Institutional Effectiveness & Learning Technologies uses R/RStudio, LaTeX, Alchemer, and SQL for internal analytics, surveys (CCSSE/SENSE), and accreditation reporting. No AI/ML capability, public API, or developer-facing platform is disclosed.

Revenue is generated through a layered public-institution model: state appropriations via the Texas Legislative Appropriations Request (FY 2026 & 2027 submitted August 16, 2024), local property tax revenue, federal Title IV/Pell Grants and SEOG, Texas state grants (TPEG, TEOG), COVID-era HEERF awards (CARES $1.79M; CRRSA $3.85M; ARP $6.42M), external grants administered by the Grants Administration Office, and transactional income from facility rentals (classrooms $280–$800/day, lecture halls $380–$1,000/day) and printing services. The affiliated VC Foundation operates as a nonprofit fundraising entity under College Advancement, and philanthropy flows through Bond 2023 and ongoing campaigns. Victoria College is governed by an appointed Board of Trustees, employs 251–500 staff, and was founded circa 1925.

Name

Victoria College, Victoria

Legal name

Victoria College

Website

https://victoriacollege.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1925

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Victoria College is a public, SACSCOC-accredited community college in Victoria, Texas, serving a seven-county region with AA/AS transfer degrees, career-technical and health programs, continuing education, and cultural venues, funded through state appropriations, property tax, federal student aid, and external grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community College Education

NAICS

Junior Colleges (6112)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Community Colleges (EDAHADAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

University/College Continuing Education (Extension) Programs (EDAAAEAA)

Keywords

• Community college education
• Associate degree programs
• Workforce training services
• Continuing education programs
• Technical vocational training

Headquarters

HQ city

Victoria

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Federal Pell Grants and Title IV aid: Need-based grants disbursed to eligible students through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA); proceeds intended to assist with tuition, fees, books, and living expenses; supplemented by Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) for Pell recipients.
2. Texas state grants (TPEG, TEOG): Texas Public Education Grant (TPEG) funded by Victoria College resources and awarded to FAFSA applicants by January 15 priority deadline; Texas Educational Opportunity Grant (TEOG, formerly TEXAS Grant II) funded by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for first 45 credit hours, at least halftime.
3. Federal HEERF / CARES Act emergency aid funding: Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund awards: $1,788,607 via CARES Act (Spring 2020), $3,850,960 via CRRSA Act (Spring 2021), and $6,421,313 via ARP Act — split between Student Aid Portion (cash grants to students) and Institutional Portion (institutional COVID-19 expense defrayal).
4. Local property tax revenue: Victoria College operates as a public community college with published property tax rate information; a Legislative Appropriations Request for FY 2026 & 2027 was submitted to the Governor's Office and Legislative Budget Board on August 16, 2024.
5. Facility Use & Rentals: VC rents classrooms ($280–$800/day), lecture halls ($380–$1,000/day), the 72,000-sq-ft Conference & Education Center at the Emerging Technology Complex, Leo J. Welder Center for the Performing Arts, VC Sports Center, and Museum of the Coastal Bend to schools, local government, nonprofit, and for-profit organizations; with 40% nonprofit discount, 50% VC Plus discount, and $30/hr ancillary personnel fees.
6. Printing & Mailroom Services: Marketing & Communications offers copying, printing, binding, and laminating to students, employees, and the general public at published price-guide rates; cash or checks only.
7. External grants and contracts: Grants Administration Office vets external funding proposals and administers awards ranging from several hundred dollars to millions of dollars for multi-year projects; active awards are published in the VC Active Awards List.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Core offering

Victoria College is a public community college in Victoria, Texas, delivering credit-bearing associate degrees (AA/AS, AAS), certificate programs, and workforce/continuing education across Business & Technology, Health Careers, Industrial Trades, and Public Service tracks. It supports students through Canvas LMS, Panopto video, the Pirate Portal, transfer and disability services, and complements instruction with cultural programming, facility rentals, and customized employee training for local industry.

Product overview

Victoria College is a public community college in Victoria, Texas, offering a portfolio of credit-bearing academic programs (AA/AS transfer degrees, Business & Technology, Health Careers, Industrial Trades, and Public Service tracks), continuing education and workforce training (Academy of Lifelong Learning, Adult Education, Career & Technical Education-Continuing Education, Employee Training, Kids College), cultural programming (Lyceum Lecture Series, Leo J. Welder Center for the Performing Arts, Museum of the Coastal Bend, Conference & Education Center at the Emerging Technology Complex), and student support services (Pirate Portal, Canvas LMS, Panopto video platform, Disability Support Services, Transfer Services, and a wide catalog of student clubs and organizations). These offerings fit together as an integrated community college experience: academic programs form the core curriculum and credential portfolio, supported by a digital learning stack (Canvas LMS + Panopto) and student services (Pirate Portal, KEY Center, Disability Services, Transfer Services), and complemented by cultural and continuing-education programming that extends VC's reach across its seven-county service region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AA & AS Degrees - General Studies & Transfer

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration14 records

Feature4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Blinn College: Texas public community college with multi-campus footprint, transfer degrees, and technical programs. Operates under the same state regulatory and accreditation regime as Victoria College (SACSCOC, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board).
• Navarro College: Texas public community college offering AA/AS transfer, workforce, and online programs across multiple locations. Directly comparable in scale, governance, and revenue mix (state appropriations, tuition, grants).
• Kilgore College: Texas public community college with a similar mix of transfer, technical, and continuing-education programs in a small/mid-sized Texas city. Comparable in governance structure and funding model.
• Coastal Bend College: Texas public community college serving a similar rural South/Central Texas service region with comparable academic, workforce, and continuing-education programs. Closest geographic and demographic analog to Victoria College.
• Tyler Junior College: Texas public community college with transfer, technical, and continuing-education programs; similar enrollment scale and SACSCOC accreditation. Comparable institutional profile and program breadth.
• South Texas College: Texas public community college with a strong Hispanic-Serving Institution designation (similar to VC's HSI status) and a comparable dual-credit, transfer, and workforce program mix in a border-region service area.
• Wharton County Junior College: Texas public community college operating under the same Texas Administrative Code Title 19 framework with AA/AS transfer, workforce, and dual-credit programs. Similar size, scope, and student profile to Victoria College.

Broad incumbents

• Houston Community College: Large urban Texas public community college system with broad program portfolio. Serves as a broader incumbent in the Texas community college market, including in workforce training and online education that overlap with VC offerings.
• Lone Star College System: Larger multi-campus Texas public community college system operating across the Houston metro. Competes with Victoria College in the Texas community college space and in online/distance education, but at materially greater scale and geographic reach.

Regional players

• Texas A&M University-Victoria: Local four-year public university physically co-located in Victoria, TX, that shares the same Emergency Alert system and serves as a primary transfer destination for VC AA/AS graduates. Regional counterpart rather than direct competitor on the AA/AS side.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/VictoriaCollegeVideo
• Facebookfacebook.com/269960550384
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-victoria-college
• Instagraminstagram.com/victoriacollege
• Xx.com/VC_Texas

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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