Western Technical College
El Paso, Texas
- Trade or career school
- Private for-profit
- City
- 1,206 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 · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 179 finishedGraduates here earned $41,233 a year after finishingNationally: $48,683
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degreeGraduates here earned $34,142 a year after finishingNationally: $43,763
Electrician
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,469
Engineering technology
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 95 finishedGraduates here earned $37,293 a year after finishingNationally: $47,210
- Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,437
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degreeGraduates here earned $45,913 a year after finishingNationally: $53,952
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 80 finishedGraduates here earned $27,383 a year after finishingNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degreeGraduates here earned $46,236 a year after finishingNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificateGraduates here earned $26,395 a year after finishingNationally: $33,067
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's degreeGraduates here earned $78,712 a year after finishingNationally: $84,093
Truck and bus driving
- Ground TransportationCertificate · 346 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,738
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 148 finishedGraduates here earned $32,208 a year after finishingNationally: $42,421
Other programs (1)
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degreeNationally: $41,208
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- Not reportedper year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- Not reportedsticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $4,853Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 43%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 70%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $38,6226 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $41,42210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $16,873federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 68%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 1%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Western Technical College, 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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