Private for-profit · Community college

Interactive College of Technology

Pasadena, Texas · Midsize city

0%
Transfer rate: $12,629
Avg net price: 23%
Grad / completion: $27,182
Median earnings

Interactive College of Technology is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Pasadena, Texas (midsize city setting), enrolling 86 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 86 undergradsMidsize cityNear the coast

About Pasadena, Texas

Pasadena is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Harris County. The pirate Jean Lafitte established a short-lived kingdom based in Galveston in the early 19th century with bases and hide-outs around the bay and around Clear Lake. Lafitte was forced to leave in 1821 by the U.S. Navy. Pasadena also has a community theater, an annual rodeo, and the Pasadena Philharmonic. The city's newspaper is the Pasadena Citizen. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize city
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 11 miles to Houston, TX
To the ocean: 9 miles
Nearest airport: 5 miles to William P. Hobby (HOU) · major hub

How Interactive College of Technology compares

Graduation rate23%

Higher than 6% · #236 of 253 in Texas

First-year retention27%

Higher than 3%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$27,182

Higher than 24% · #148 of 206 in Texas

Average net price$12,629

Cheaper than 59% · #85 cheapest of 252 in Texas

Median debt at graduation$5,353

Lower than 97%

Student–faculty ratio10 : 1

Lower than 82%

Undergraduate enrollment86

Larger than 24%

Percentiles compare Interactive College of Technology 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

Women5058%
Men3642%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White19%
Black22%
Hispanic58%
Asian1.2%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 86
Student–faculty ratio: 10 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 76%
First-generation students: 77%
Students over 25: 66%
Median family income: $0
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $41,337

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: $10,970
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $2,190
Total cost of attendance: $20,170
Average net price: $12,629

Outcomes

Graduated: 23%
First-year retention: 27%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $24,334
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $27,182
Median debt at graduation: $5,353
Students with federal loans: 58%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 31%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

23%

First-generation

14%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $50

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.

< $30k

$12,947

$30–48k

$11,675

$48–75k

—

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

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): $27,182
Typical debt at graduation: $5,353
Debt vs. one year's pay: 20%
Out-earn a HS grad: 34%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.0 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

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

$20,834

Men

$38,339

Men out-earn women by $17,505 (84%) 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: 94°F
Winter low: 46°F
Annual rain: 55.6″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Houston Hobby AP, TX US station (5.5 mi from campus).

What Interactive College of Technology graduates study — and earn

Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

3 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

3———Accounting and Related ServicesCert.

3 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

3———Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCert.

2 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

2———Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssoc.

1 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

1———English Language and Literature, GeneralCert.

— grads$23k 1 yr$25k 5 yr— debt

—$22,950$24,873—

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.