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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.
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Kilgore College Fire training program with an image of fire fighters working on putting out a staged car fire

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

The Kilgore College Board of Trustees and President Dr. Brenda Kays will host a town hall meeting Oct. 14 for residents of Gladewater, Sabine, White Oak, Kilgore, Overton, Leverett’s Chapel and West Rusk independent school districts. The college administration encourages community members to attend and engage with their elected officials, as well as the college […]

Kilgore College is currently celebrating a significant milestone as it has achieved a record-breaking enrollment of 7,288 students. The record enrollment figures are a testament to the college’s strategic planning and its ability to attract and retain students through exceptional academic and workforce offerings, state-of-the-art facilities and a supportive campus culture. “Kilgore College’s ongoing emphasis […]