Private for-profit · Community college

Western Technical College

El Paso, Texas · Large city

0%
Transfer rate
$28,004
Avg net price
72%
Grad / completion
$36,156
Median earnings

Western Technical College is a private for-profit associate-granting institution in El Paso, Texas (large city setting), enrolling 600 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 600 undergradsLarge city

About El Paso, Texas

El Paso is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States. The El Paso region has had human settlement for thousands of years, as evidenced by Folsom points from hunter-gatherers found at Hueco Tanks. This suggests 10,000 to 12,000 years of human habitation. The earliest known cultures in the region were maize farmers. The culture of El Paso, Texas is influenced heavily by the mixing of American and Mexican cultures, due to the city's position on the U.S. Mexico border, its large Chicano population, and its history as part of Hispanic America and Mexico. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large city
Highest degree offered
Graduate
Nearest big city
9 miles to El Paso, TX
To the ocean
369 miles
Nearest airport
6 miles to El Paso (ELP) · major hub

How Western Technical College compares

Graduation rate72%

Higher than 65% · #90 of 253 in Texas

First-year retention89%

Higher than 79%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$36,156

Higher than 53% · #85 of 206 in Texas

Average net price$28,004

Cheaper than 12% · #220 cheapest of 252 in Texas

Median debt at graduation$17,277

Lower than 9%

Student–faculty ratio30 : 1

Lower than 5%

Undergraduate enrollment600

Larger than 65%

Percentiles compare Western 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 Texas.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

611students
  • Undergraduate60098%
  • Graduate112%

Undergraduates by gender

600undergrads
  • Women17830%
  • Men42270%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White17%
  • Black7.7%
  • Hispanic63%
  • Asian1.2%
  • Other or multiracial11%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
600
Graduate enrollment
11
Student–faculty ratio
30 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
49%
First-generation students
52%
Students over 25
74%
Median family income
$20,541
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$46,440

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
$28,004

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)
72%
Graduated on time (4 years)
70%
First-year retention
89%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$35,035
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$36,156
Median debt at graduation
$17,277
Students with federal loans
23%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
27%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
70%
Low-income (Pell)
73%
First-generation
73%

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
$100

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%.

Campus safety

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

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (611 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

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
$27,224
$30–48k
$28,131
$48–75k
$29,179
$75–110k
$29,916
$110k+
$30,284

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.

Est. total to a degree
$117,895

$29,179/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.

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.

3%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$2,157
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 3% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,157. 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 306 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)
$36,156
Typical debt at graduation
$17,277
Debt vs. one year's pay
48%
Out-earn a HS grad
40%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.8 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
$28,818
Men
$41,521

Men out-earn women by $12,703 (44%) 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
34°F
Annual rain
8.8″
Annual snow
2.8″

Average temperature

HighLow
30°70°110°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.00.81.7JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, EL Paso Intl AP, TX US station (5.5 mi from campus).

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.