Private for-profit · Community college
Hands on Therapy
Mesquite, Texas · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $17,252
- Avg net price
- 81%
- Grad / completion
- $28,323
- Median earnings
Hands on Therapy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Mesquite, Texas (large suburb setting), enrolling 28 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Mesquite, Texas
Mesquite is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Dallas County with portions extending into Kaufman County. The Ionies were a western tribe located close to present-day Fort Worth. The Tawakonies were in present-day Dallas. Finally, the Caddo were the native farmers of the Mesquite land. In 2016, the Mesquite Public Library System was presented with a 2016 Achievement of Library Excellence Award by the Texas Municipal Library Directors Association. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 11 miles to Dallas, TX
- To the ocean
- 229 miles
- Nearest airport
- 15 miles to Dallas Love Field (DAL) · major hub
How Hands on Therapy compares
Higher than 79% · #52 of 253 in Texas
Higher than 27% · #143 of 206 in Texas
Cheaper than 42% · #119 cheapest of 252 in Texas
Lower than 75%
Lower than 95%
Larger than 5%
Percentiles compare Hands on Therapy with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Texas.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women2382%
- Men518%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White14%
- Black54%
- Hispanic32%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 28
- Student–faculty ratio
- 6 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 40%
- First-generation students
- 49%
- Students over 25
- 78%
- Median family income
- $15,146
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- —
- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $17,252
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 81%
- First-year retention
- —
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $22,119
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $28,323
- Median debt at graduation
- $7,917
- Students with federal loans
- 40%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 19%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $50
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $28,323
- Typical debt at graduation
- $7,917
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 28%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 31%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.8 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Women out-earn men by $9,654 (48%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 97°F
- Winter low
- 38°F
- Annual rain
- 38.3″
- Annual snow
- 1.7″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Dallas Love Fld, TX US station (15.1 mi from campus).
What Hands on Therapy graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.