Private for-profit · Community college

Vet Tech Institute of Houston

Houston, Texas · Large city

#5 most selective in Texas

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Transfer rate: $14,714
Avg net price: 55%
Grad / completion: $35,765
Median earnings

Vet Tech Institute of Houston is a private for-profit associate-granting institution in Houston, Texas (large city setting), enrolling 200 undergraduates.

Private for-profitSmall · 200 undergradsLarge cityAccessible · 81% admitNear the coast

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: Associate
Nearest big city: 6 miles to Houston, TX
To the ocean: 24 miles
Nearest airport: 12 miles to William P. Hobby (HOU) · major hub

How Vet Tech Institute of Houston compares

Selectivity81.0%

More selective than 51% · #5 most selective of 11 in Texas

Graduation rate55%

Higher than 42% · #161 of 253 in Texas

First-year retention74%

Higher than 52%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$35,765

Higher than 52% · #88 of 206 in Texas

Average net price$14,714

Cheaper than 51% · #97 cheapest of 252 in Texas

Median debt at graduation$12,000

Lower than 29%

Student–faculty ratio17 : 1

Lower than 44%

Undergraduate enrollment200

Larger than 45%

Percentiles compare Vet Tech Institute of Houston 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

Women18090%
Men2010%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White28%
Black18%
Hispanic43%
Asian3.0%
Other or multiracial9.0%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 200
Student–faculty ratio: 17 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 56%
First-generation students: 50%
Students over 25: 22%
Median family income: $28,513
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $55,530

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

Cost

In-state tuition: $16,324
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $956
Total cost of attendance: $19,973
Average net price: $14,714

Admissions

Admission rate: 81.0%
Test scores: Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %): —
SAT average: —
SAT reading: —
SAT math: —
ACT composite: —

Outcomes

Graduated: 55%
First-year retention: 74%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $34,979
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $35,765
Median debt at graduation: $12,000
Students with federal loans: 73%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 57%

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

$12,478

$30–48k

$12,698

$48–75k

$13,874

$75–110k

$19,973

$110k+

$19,973

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?

Vet Tech Institute of Houston funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years): $35,765
Typical debt at graduation: $12,000
Debt vs. one year's pay: 34%
Out-earn a HS grad: 46%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.4 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

$35,683

Men

$33,536

Women out-earn men by $2,147 (6%) 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: 44°F
Annual rain: 54.1″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Houston-Port, TX US station (10.6 mi from campus).

What Vet Tech Institute of Houston graduates study — and earn

Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians

134 grads$31k 1 yr$37k 5 yr$15k debt

134$30,665$36,681$14,804

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.