Private for-profit · Community college
Wade College
Dallas, Texas · Large city
- 13%
- Transfer rate
- $20,778
- Avg net price
- 54%
- Grad / completion
- $36,657
- Median earnings
Wade College is a private for-profit associate-granting institution in Dallas, Texas (large city setting), enrolling 252 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Dallas, Texas
Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. Spanish colonists claimed the territory of Texas in the 18th century as a part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Later, France also claimed the area but never established much settlement. The Arts District in the northern section of Downtown is home to several arts venues and is the largest contiguous arts district in the United States. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Bachelor's
- Nearest big city
- 2 miles to Dallas, TX
- To the ocean
- 235 miles
- Nearest airport
- 3 miles to Dallas Love Field (DAL) · major hub
How Wade College compares
Higher than 41% · #163 of 253 in Texas
Higher than 95%
Higher than 55% · #81 of 206 in Texas
Cheaper than 29% · #163 cheapest of 252 in Texas
Lower than 3%
Lower than 78%
Larger than 50%
Percentiles compare Wade 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 Texas.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women20983%
- Men4317%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White17%
- Black40%
- Hispanic33%
- Asian4.0%
- Other or multiracial5.6%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 252
- Student–faculty ratio
- 11 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 66%
- First-generation students
- 33%
- Students over 25
- 48%
- Median family income
- $24,036
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $58,500
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $17,692
- Room & board
- —
- Books & supplies
- $0
- Total cost of attendance
- $25,506
- Average net price
- $20,778
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 (within 6 years)
- 54%
- Graduated on time (4 years)
- 100%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Transferred to another college
- 13%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $28,055
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $36,657
- Median debt at graduation
- $22,938
- Students with federal loans
- 79%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 25%
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
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
- $12
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.
Four-year (or more) true cost
Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.
$17,341/year × about 4.0 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $36,657
- Typical debt at graduation
- $22,938
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 63%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 52%
Typical debt would take roughly 6.3 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.
Women out-earn men by $1,238 (3%) 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 (4.1 mi from campus).
What Wade College 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.