Worked example · Corsicana
Two years at Navarro College, then two years at East Texas A&M University
This page compares published tuition and fees only. Housing, food, books, parking, course and lab fees, and financial aid are omitted because mixing them in without a family's FAFSA is how directories invent savings. This is a published-price map, not a named state program.
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The question
A Corsicana / Navarro County resident wants a public bachelor's. Path A: eight semesters at East Texas A&M University, Guaranteed One Year Plan Texas Resident, 2025–2026, 15 hours tuition and fees. Path B: complete about 60 transferable semester hours at Navarro College at the published In-District rate, including Core Curriculum and — where it exists — a Field of Study, then finish two years at ETAMU. This page prints two Path B maps: Navarro In-District (default) and Navarro Out-of-District. Does either map show a lower published tuition-and-fee total?
We pair Navarro College with ETAMU because Navarro's Corsicana campus (3200 W. 7th Avenue) sits in Navarro County, and ETAMU publishes a local partnership page for bachelor's programs that can be completed without leaving Navarro County (Criminal Justice, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education EC-6; plus a Navarro → Commerce Psychology transfer path). That partnership is a local option to ask about — not an admission, credit, timeline, or price guarantee. Do not assume the ETAMU–Navarro remote site charges the same as the Commerce campus; remote-location, online, and lab fees may apply. Confirm with ETAMU. Paris Junior College → ETAMU is a separate Commerce sibling that uses a different community-college sticker with the same ETAMU One Year Plan $5,013.07 cell. ETAMU sets its own transfer admission criteria. Read ETAMU's pages directly. PathMax does not guarantee admission: no seat, major, scholarship, timeline, or savings promise.
Navarro's rate page says In-District students are those "who have lived in Navarro County for at least one year with the intent of establishing a permanent residence." Corsicana is in Navarro County, so In-District is the default cell — confirm your own status with Navarro College. This page does not claim any specific address is in-district. Out-of-District is the alternate map for Texas residents outside Navarro County (for example students at other Navarro campuses who live in Ellis, Freestone, Limestone, or Henderson counties). Non-Texas Resident is a warning row. Texas Direct is a THECB pathway / Texas Direct Transfer Degree (associate) under Texas Education Code §61.834. It does not reserve an ETAMU seat. Admission is not guaranteed. Do not merge that language with TEC §51.8035. 2+2 is not a named state program.
Published rates used
Corsicana / Navarro County residents who meet Navarro's one-year residence rule pay In-District rates. Confirm residency with Navarro College.
| Item | Published figure | How we use it |
|---|---|---|
| Navarro College, In-District (Navarro County resident), 15 credit hours (2025–2026) | $1,504 per semester | Default cell. Official rate-table row 15 and Financial Aid Base Price line. 60-hour math is pack arithmetic: $1,504 × 4 = $6,016. |
| Navarro College, Out-of-District (Texas resident outside Navarro County), 15 credit hours (2025–2026) | $2,359 per semester | Alternate map. Official rate-table row 15. 60-hour math is pack arithmetic: $2,359 × 4 = $9,436. 2+2 = $9,436 + $20,052.28 = $29,488.28 (gap $10,616.28). |
| Navarro College, Non-Texas Resident, 15 credit hours (2025–2026) | $3,289 per semester | Warning only. Official rate-table row 15. 60 hours is pack arithmetic: $3,289 × 4 = $13,156. Not the default Texas-resident cell. We do not print a combined non-resident 2+2. |
| East Texas A&M University, Guaranteed One Year Plan Texas Resident, 15 hours, 2025–2026 | $5,013.07 per semester | Default receiving-university cell. Same One Year Plan line as the Commerce sibling. Two years = $5,013.07 × 4 = $20,052.28; eight semesters = $5,013.07 × 8 = $40,104.56. Multiplying a one-year lock across 4 or 8 semesters is a same-rate illustration; rates change each year. ETAMU COA Resident tuition and fees $10,026/year corroborates 2 × this cell. |
| East Texas A&M University, Cost of Attendance Resident tuition and fees, 2025–2026 | $10,026 per year | Corroboration only. Matches 2 × the Guaranteed One Year Plan $5,013.07 cell at 15 hours per semester. Living averages omitted. |
| East Texas A&M University, Guaranteed One Year Plan Out of State, 15 hours, 2025–2026 | $11,133.07 per semester | Warning only. Not the default Texas-resident cell. We do not print a combined non-resident 2+2. |
Footnote only — not in the sticker: Navarro lab and course fees, pass-through fees, books, and room and board are omitted. ETAMU remote-location, online, and lab fees may apply (including at the ETAMU–Navarro site) and are not folded into $5,013.07; we do not compute those extras. The Two Year Plan and Four Year Plan lock longer and cost more per semester than the One Year Plan — context only; this page stays on $5,013.07. Navarro fees are subject to change without notice.
Sources retrieved November 3, 2026: Navarro College; Navarro College; East Texas A&M University; East Texas A&M University; East Texas A&M University. All sources
Navarro College → ETAMU versus eight ETAMU semesters
Both maps use the same ETAMU Guaranteed One Year Plan Texas Resident $5,013.07 cell. The In-District map is the Corsicana default. Confirm residency with Navarro College.
| Map | Published tuition & fees |
|---|---|
| In-District: Navarro College 60-hour path ($1,504 × 4 = $6,016) + 2 ETAMU Guaranteed One Year Resident years ($5,013.07 × 4 = $20,052.28) | $6,016 + $20,052.28 = $26,068.28 |
| Out-of-District: Navarro College 60-hour path ($2,359 × 4 = $9,436) + 2 ETAMU years ($20,052.28) | $9,436 + $20,052.28 = $29,488.28 |
| 8 ETAMU Guaranteed One Year Plan Texas Resident semesters at the same 2025–2026 15-hour line ($5,013.07 × 8) | $40,104.56 |
| In-District difference in these published lines | $14,036.28 lower on the 2+2 map — a sticker difference, not a savings guarantee |
| Out-of-District difference in these published lines | $10,616.28 lower on the 2+2 map — a sticker difference, not a savings guarantee |
Sources retrieved November 3, 2026: Navarro College; East Texas A&M University. All sources
What has to be true for the sticker gap to be real
- The Navarro College rate that actually applies is the one you confirm with Navarro. In-District 15 hours is $1,504 for a Navarro County resident who meets the one-year rule — the Corsicana default. Out-of-District 15 hours is $2,359. Non-Texas Resident 15 hours is $3,289. We do not claim any specific address is in-district.
- ETAMU admits you as a transfer student. Texas Direct is a THECB pathway / Texas Direct Transfer Degree (associate) under TEC §61.834. It does not reserve an ETAMU seat. Admission is not guaranteed by PathMax — no seat, major, scholarship, timeline, or savings promise. The ETAMU–Navarro local partnership is a planning option, not a guarantee. ETAMU sets its own transfer admission criteria. Read ETAMU's pages directly. Do not merge that credit / associate language with TEC §51.8035.
- The hours apply to the major. Use a completed Field of Study when THECB says it is complete. Computer Science, Biology, English, Architecture, and Engineering are not completed Texas Direct blocks on the THECB table we last fetched — do not treat them as one. See Texas Direct.
- You stay on the ETAMU Guaranteed One Year Plan Texas Resident 2025–2026 $5,013.07 cell. Choosing the Two Year or Four Year Plan, or adding remote-location / online / lab fees, can raise the ETAMU line above $5,013.07.
- You do not add extra semesters at university rates. Extra semesters, Navarro lab/course fees, or those ETAMU extras shrink or erase the sticker gap. Rates change; check the current Navarro and ETAMU pages before enrolling.
What we omitted on purpose
This table is sticker tuition and mandatory fees only. Housing, food, books, parking, Navarro lab and course fees, ETAMU remote-location / online / lab fees, installment fees, cost-of-attendance living averages, College Scorecard, Net Price Calculator outputs, aid, and earnings are omitted. This is arithmetic on published price lists, not a quote from a bursar.
Sources retrieved November 3, 2026.
Sources retrieved November 3, 2026: Navarro College; Navarro College; East Texas A&M University; East Texas A&M University; East Texas A&M University; Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; Texas Constitution and Statutes. All sources
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