Private for-profit · Community college
Jay's Technical Institute
Houston, Texas · Large city
- 31%
- Transfer rate
- $14,934
- Avg net price
- 38%
- Grad / completion
- $15,511
- Median earnings
Jay's Technical Institute is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Houston, Texas (large city setting), enrolling 79 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Houston, Texas
Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern United States. However, the land then remained largely uninhabited from the late 1700s until settlement in the 1830s. Located in the American South, Houston is a diverse city with a large and growing international community. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 12 miles to Houston, TX
- To the ocean
- 28 miles
- Nearest airport
- 15 miles to William P. Hobby (HOU) · major hub
How Jay's Technical Institute compares
Higher than 24% · #190 of 253 in Texas
Higher than 95%
Higher than 1% · #205 of 206 in Texas
Cheaper than 51% · #100 cheapest of 252 in Texas
Lower than 36%
Lower than 82%
Larger than 22%
Percentiles compare Jay's Technical Institute 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
- Women2633%
- Men5367%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- Black97%
- Hispanic1.3%
- Asian1.3%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 79
- Student–faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 62%
- First-generation students
- 67%
- Students over 25
- 58%
- Median family income
- $540
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
- $14,934
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
- 38%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Transferred to another college
- 31%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $12,713
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $15,511
- Median debt at graduation
- $11,000
- Students with federal loans
- 51%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 7%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
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)
- $15,511
- Typical debt at graduation
- $11,000
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 71%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 17%
Typical debt would take roughly 7.1 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.
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.
Men out-earn women by $1,833 (13%) 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
- 95°F
- Winter low
- 45°F
- Annual rain
- 49.7″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Houston Sugarland Mem, TX US station (8.1 mi from campus).
What Jay's Technical Institute 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.