Southwest College for the Deaf
Big Spring, Texas
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- Town
- 47 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
Carpentry and construction
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,572
Child care and early education
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575
Engineering technology
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
- Construction Engineering Technology/TechnicianCertificate · 0 finishedGraduates here earned $30,285 a year after finishingNationally: $51,213
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
Other programs (8)
- American Sign LanguageCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $38,250
- American Sign LanguageAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $32,528
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $54,610
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedGraduates here earned $40,888 a year afterNationally: $40,381
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $47,691
- Graphic CommunicationsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $24,502
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 0 finishedGraduates here earned $28,749 a year afterNationally: $34,134
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $10,047per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $15,653sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $2,766Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 13%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 25%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $38,4446 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $40,03710 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $9,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 43%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 33%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Southwest College for the Deaf, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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