Western Technical College
Western Technical College is a for-profit college in El Paso, TX, with about 459 students on campus.
The short version on Western Technical College
Little price break for lower-income families
Families earning under $30,000 pay about $27,224 a year after grants, only $3,060 less than the $30,284 paid by families over $110,000. What it costs ↓
Many students are adults coming back to school
74% of undergraduates are 25 or older. Graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students, so they leave many of these students out. The students ↓
Most undergraduates are Hispanic
63% of Western Technical College’s undergraduates are Hispanic. The students ↓
Western Technical College is very small
About 459 students attend on campus. With classes this small, a handful of students can move the graduation rate from one year to the next. The students ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; earnings, debt and repayment are reported for the whole 2-campus system; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students; at a college this small, rates can swing from year to year.
The sticker price, and what families really pay
Sticker price: $30,284 a year
Before any grants
After grants, the average family on aid pays $28,004.
Your family’s price
Average net price after grants, by family income
About $116,716 over 4 years · 4% off the sticker price
How hard is it to get into Western Technical College?
anyone with a high school diploma can enroll
Test scores of admitted students
No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Western Technical College is likely test-optional.
Do students finish, and does it pay off?
Debt vs. the paycheck
The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting (whole college system)
$183 a month against about $2,920 a month in pay.
Paying back loans
Federal student loans, whole college system
of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 16% of U.S. colleges.
Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).
What students study, and what it pays
Share of degrees by field
Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates
And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported); reported for the whole college system.
The students
600 degree-seeking undergraduates.
By race and ethnicity
Women and men
Living in El Paso
8% of El Paso’s 683,012 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ El Paso pages.
Other colleges within 30 miles
Straight-line distances from Western Technical College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.
Ask around
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid and are reported for the whole 2-campus system. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.