Western Technical College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Western Technical College

Western Technical College operates as a private for-profit institution located in El Paso, Texas (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 1,206 students of which 2,081 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Western Technical College is categorized as “14” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. Admission rate data is not currently reported for this institution. Net price data is not yet reported and a Pell grant recipient share of 19.0%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $17,277, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 71.6%, and the first-year retention rate is 84.6%. Graduates earn a median of $36,156 ten years after enrolling, compared with $35,035 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 138000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 46.2% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.