College of the Mainland Business Programs

College of the Mainland is a public institution located in Texas City, Texas. Texas City is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Where Is College of the Mainland?

Contact details for COM are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1200 Amburn Road, Texas City, TX 77591-2499
Phone:	409-938-1211
Website:	www.com.edu

How Do I Get Into COM?

You can apply to COM online at: https://www.applytexas.org/adappc/gen/c_start.WBX

As long as you submit the requested materials to College of the Mainland when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford College of the Mainland?

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At COM, approximately 3% of students took out student loans averaging $4,123 a year. That adds up to $16,492 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at COM is 10.4%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

College of the Mainland Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,335 undergraduate students at COM, with 1,184 being full-time and 3,151 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,184 full-time undergraduates at COM, 37% are male and 63% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of College of the Mainland students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	35
Black or African American	175
Hispanic or Latino	410
White	501
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	58

Over 19 countries are represented at COM. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Pakistan, Vietnam, and Turkey.

Online Learning at College of the Mainland

In 2019-2020, 3,357 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at COM has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of COM

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at College of the Mainland was 133.4%. This is the #312 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at COM regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

College of the Mainland Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	49	11	60
General Business/Commerce	0	33	33
TOTAL	49	44	93

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.