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Ogden-Weber Technical College

Ogden, Utah · Small city

#2 best value in Utah

0%
Transfer rate: $3,229
Avg net price: 53%
Grad / completion: $35,032
Median earnings

Ogden-Weber Technical College is a public certificate-granting institution in Ogden, Utah (small city setting), enrolling 2,928 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 2,928 undergradsSmall cityCold wintersSnowy

About Ogden, Utah

Ogden is a city in and the county seat of Weber County, Utah, United States, located approximately 10 miles (16 km) east of the Great Salt Lake and 40 miles (64 km) north of Salt Lake City. Originally named Fort Buenaventura, Ogden was the first permanent settlement by people of European descent in what is now Utah. It was established by the trapper Miles Goodyear in 1846 about a mile west of where downtown Ogden sits today. As the principal city of the 2nd largest MSA in Utah, Ogden serves as an economic hub for the northern part of the state. Much of the central city is occupied by offices of federal, state, county, and municipal government entities. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 35 miles to Salt Lake City, UT
To the ocean: 552 miles
Nearest airport: 5 miles to Ogden Hinckley (OGD)

How Ogden-Weber Technical College compares

Graduation rate53%

Higher than 40% · #33 of 41 in Utah

First-year retention91%

Higher than 82%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$35,032

Higher than 49% · #17 of 33 in Utah

Average net price$3,229

Cheaper than 96% · #2 cheapest of 35 in Utah

Student–faculty ratio17 : 1

Lower than 44%

Undergraduate enrollment2,928

Larger than 86%

Percentiles compare Ogden-Weber Technical College 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 Utah.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women1,35346%
Men1,57554%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White64%
Black1.5%
Hispanic29%
Asian1.3%
Other or multiracial4.6%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 2,928
Student–faculty ratio: 17 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 10%
First-generation students: 47%
Students over 25: 29%
Median family income: $19,304

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

Where students come from

Home state of the 570 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Utah99%
Other U.S. states1.4%

Most first-years stay in state — Ogden-Weber Technical College draws overwhelmingly from Utah.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $3,229

Outcomes

Graduated: 53%
First-year retention: 91%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $36,578
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $35,032
Median debt at graduation: —
Students with federal loans: 0%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

53%

First-generation

46%

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: $45

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.1 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 1

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.3reported offenses a year

0 violent a year0.3 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary

0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

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

$3,229

$30–48k

—

$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.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

32%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,430

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 32% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,430. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 168 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $35,032
Typical debt at graduation: —
Debt vs. one year's pay: —
Out-earn a HS grad: 33%

Weigh it value

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.

Women

$32,659

Men

$41,428

Men out-earn women by $8,769 (27%) 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: 92°F
Winter low: 22°F
Annual rain: 21.6″
Annual snow: 107.9″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Ogden Pioneer PH, UT US station (1.7 mi from campus).

What Ogden-Weber Technical College graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

220 grads$14k 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

220$14,030——Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants

203 grads$25k 1 yr$60k 5 yr$9k debt

203$24,690$59,683$9,000 Real Estate

103 grads$28k 1 yr— 5 yr$12k debt

103$28,434—$12,000 Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/Technicians

90 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

90———Precision Metal Working

76 grads$40k 1 yr$53k 5 yr— debt

76$39,699$53,100—Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

72 grads$32k 1 yr$34k 5 yr$6k debt

72$32,114$33,814$5,500 Electrical and Power Transmission Installers

58 grads$58k 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

58$57,750——Business Operations Support and Assistant Services

48 grads$34k 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

48$34,157——Computer Software and Media Applications

35 grads$31k 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

35$30,535——Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications

35 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

35———Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians

35 grads$56k 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

35$55,875——Carpenters

31 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

31———

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.