Public · Community college
Wes Watkins Technology Center
Wetumka, Oklahoma · Remote rural
- 2%
- Transfer rate
- $6,547
- Avg net price
- 98%
- Grad / completion
- $32,209
- Median earnings
Wes Watkins Technology Center is a public certificate-granting institution in Wetumka, Oklahoma (remote rural setting), enrolling 195 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Wetumka, Oklahoma
Wetumka is a city in northern Hughes County, Oklahoma, United States. The St. Louis, Oklahoma and Southern Railway built a line from Sapulpa, Oklahoma through Wetumka to the Red River in 1900-1901. Wetumka prospered as a major shipping point for cotton, corn, pecans, and livestock produced by farmers in the surrounding area. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Remote rural
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 65 miles to Tulsa, OK
- To the ocean
- 385 miles
- Nearest airport
- 70 miles to Tulsa (TUL) · major hub
How Wes Watkins Technology Center compares
Higher than 96% · #4 of 67 in Oklahoma
Higher than 1%
Higher than 39% · #38 of 61 in Oklahoma
Cheaper than 84% · #15 cheapest of 62 in Oklahoma
Lower than 89%
Larger than 44%
Percentiles compare Wes Watkins Technology Center 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 Oklahoma.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women14474%
- Men5126%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White43%
- Black7.2%
- Hispanic4.6%
- Asian0.5%
- Other or multiracial45%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 195
- Student–faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 20%
- First-generation students
- 52%
- Students over 25
- 11%
- Median family income
- $12,922
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
- $6,547
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
- 98%
- First-year retention
- 4%
- Transferred to another college
- 2%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $31,033
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $32,209
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
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.
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.
Modest institutional aid: 41% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,180. 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 37 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)
- $32,209
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 27%
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 $9,778 (34%) 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
- 30°F
- Annual rain
- 43.5″
- Annual snow
- 5″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Holdenville 3Ese Mesonet, OK US station (12.3 mi from campus).
What Wes Watkins Technology Center 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.