Education
BY COMMUNITY IMPACT STAFF
Higher Education Guide
2025
4 updates from Georgetown area higher education institutions
2 Austin Community College The ACC board of trustees approved a $568 million balanced budget this summer, which includes a 3% pay raise for employees, maintains ACC’s minimum wage, and keeps tuition and fees unchanged, according to a news release.
4 Franklin Pierce University The university’s latest program to produce more physician assistants celebrated its new learning center in Round Rock with a ribbon cutting earlier this year. FPU’s Round Rock Academic Center, located on the Ascension Seton Williamson Hospital campus, is the home for FPU’s hybrid Master of Physician Assistant Studies program in Texas. The 24-month program combines online learning with in-person clinical training, and the 7,000-square-foot learning facility in Round Rock serves as a space for students participating in the hands-on portion of the graduate program. The program welcomed its second cohort of students this March.
1 Texas State Technical College Texas State Technical College broke ground on an expansion of the East Williamson County campus in Hutto in February. The expansion is expected to open by spring 2027. The new 70,000-square-foot facility will house three programs, including advanced manufacturing, industrial systems and precision machining technology, according to a news release. The project will cost $47 million, TSTC Communication Specialist Kate Altier said. TSTC’s East Williamson County campus is part of a multi-institutional teaching center called the East Williamson County Higher Education Center—a 112,000-square-foot facility that sits on 57 acres, according to the college’s website.
3 Concordia University Texas A new partnership with the University of North Dakota offers a dual-degree program that allows students to earn a degree in either mathematics or chemistry from Concordia, alongside one of five engineering degrees from UND.
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