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At Kilgore College,
Education Works.

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Work
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A FORCE IN
WORKFORCE
EDUCATION

KC offers many Professional and Career Education programs and courses designed to get you the skills you need to enter the workforce or improve your skills for advancement. Licenses, industry certifications, and workforce development contracts with business and industry are also available.
Kilgore College Fire training program

SHORT COURSES
TO HERO STATUS

The Kilgore College Fire Academy is recognized by the State of Texas as an EXEMPLARY PROGRAM and is accredited by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection, State Firefighters’ and Fire Marshals’ Association and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

The ETPA is dedicated to meeting the pre-service and in-service training needs of the officers, agencies, and communities of Northeast Texas. ETPA has provided the East Texas Council of Governments and Ark-Tex Council of Governments service delivery areas.

Quality

Is at our core.

A core curriculum is defined by the state of Texas as “curriculum in the liberal arts, humanities, sciences, political, social, and cultural history, that all graduates of an institution of higher education are required to complete before receiving a baccalaureate degree.”

KC’s Core Curriculum consists of 42 semester credit hours that will transfer to any public college or university in Texas.

After completing the core, a student may need only 18 additional semester credit hours to receive an Associate of Arts or an Associate of Science degree.

News & Events

Kilgore College will held two commencements May 10 that included 463 graduates with 512 degrees and certificates awarded. The 2 p.m. ceremony was for students graduating with an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree or students earning a certificate. At 6 p.m., the graduation was for students earning an Associate of Arts (AA), […]

The Kilgore College Excel Health Club (KC EXCEL) at the Parks Fitness Center will host a free pickleball clinic taught by Professional Pickleball Registry (PPR) certified instructor, Jessica Guire. The no-cost, come-and-go clinic is set for Saturday, May 18, from 9 to 11 a.m. at the health club, located at 701 Laird Street in Kilgore. […]