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A FORCE IN
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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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KC Board will hold budget workshop July 29

The Kilgore College Board of Trustees will hold a Budget Workshop on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, at 4 p.m. in the R.E. “Sonny” Spradlin Jr. Executive Board Room, located in the McLaurin Administration Building, 895 Ross Ave., Kilgore, TX. To view the agenda, click here.

KC awarded $1.4M TRIO SSS grant to support first-gen, low-income, students with disabilities

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Kilgore College a $1.4 million federal TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) grant to help improve retention and graduation rates among low-income students, first-generation college students and students with disabilities. The $1,426,860 grant will fund KC’s TRIO SSS program for the next five years and marks the continuation of […]

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Caffeine, Conversation & Ice Cream Treats

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Star Day Registration – via Zoom

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Star Day Registration

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07

Summer 2025 Graduation Ceremony

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