Career Programs at South Plains

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at South Plains College is $4,837 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.

South Plains College offers the alternative tuition plans .

58% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $6,772 (exclude student loans).

South Plains 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$4,837
Average Financial Amount	$6,772

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

South Plains College offers 41 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate and 1-2 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 1,581 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at South Plains College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	24	393
2 Years Certificate	17	241
Total	41	1,581

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

393 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
241 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
947 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology/Technician	✕	7	-
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	✕	9	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	12	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	28 completers	-
Cosmetology, Barber/Styling, and Nail Instructor	✕	3	-
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	✕	25	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	7	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	9	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	8 completers	$22,900
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	8	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	61 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	40	-
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	✕	21	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Electrical and Power Transmission Installation/Installer	✕	6	-
Electrician	✕	9	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	105 completers	-
Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair	✕	25	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	10	-
Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician	✕	10	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	21	-
Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	39	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	76 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	76	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Commercial and Advertising Art	✕	12	-
Music Performance	✕	7	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	1	-
Surgical Technology/Technologist	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	36 completers	-
Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry	✕	19	-
Real Estate	✕	17	-
	Total	393

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	8	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	80 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	80	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Child Development	✕	4	-
Child Care and Support Services Management	✕	6	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	✕	1	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Lineworker	✕	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	0 completers	$39,900
Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Commercial and Advertising Art	✕	12	-
Graphic Design	✕	0	-
Music Performance	✕	4	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	60 completers	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	10	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	50	-
Business [+]	✕	66 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	23	$25,300
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management	✕	31	-
Accounting	✕	12	-
	Total	241

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Agricultural Business and Management	✕	0	-
Agricultural Communication/Journalism	✕	0	-
Pre-Veterinary Studies	✕	5	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	✕	2	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	1	-
Journalism	✕	0	-
Broadcast Journalism	✕	3	-
Photojournalism	✕	1	-
Radio and Television	✕	2	-
Organizational Communication	✕	1	-
Public Relations/Image Management	✕	2	-
Advertising	✕	0	-
Sports Communication	✕	0	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology/Technician	✕	6	-
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	✕	9	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	11	-
Computer Science	✕	1	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	✕	3	-
Education [+]	✕	37 completers	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	37	-
Engineering [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Engineering	✕	1	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Foreign Languages and Literatures	✕	1	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	✕	3	-
Child Development	✕	8	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	12	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	5 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	5	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	420 completers	-
General Studies	✕	420	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	17	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	1	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	6	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	2	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	0	-
Psychology [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Psychology	✕	14	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	54 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	49	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	4	-
Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Human Services [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Social Work	✕	4	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Political Science and Government	✕	0	-
Sociology	✕	1	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Electrical and Power Transmission Installation/Installer	✕	3	-
Electrician	✕	3	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair	✕	12	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	2	-
Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	8	-
Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	3	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	7	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	28 completers	-
Commercial and Advertising Art	✕	8	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	0	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	7	-
Music	✕	6	-
Music Performance	✕	7	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	152 completers	-
Physical Therapy Technician/Assistant	✕	14	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	7	-
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	✕	6	-
Surgical Technology/Technologist	✕	18	-
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	✕	15	-
Pre-Dentistry Studies	✕	0	-
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies	✕	2	-
Pre-Pharmacy Studies	✕	0	-
Pre-Nursing Studies	✕	0	-
Pre-Occupational Therapy Studies	✕	0	-
Pre-Physical Therapy Studies	✕	0	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician	✕	0	-
Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Policy and Regulatory Affairs	✕	1	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	3	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	3	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	83	-
Business [+]	✕	88 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	69	-
Accounting	✕	14	-
Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry	✕	3	-
Real Estate	✕	2	-
History [+]	✕	1 completers	-
History	✕	1	-
	Total	947

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 8,580 students are attending at South Plains College. There are 259 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 241 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 16 to 1 (6.25%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 547 (full-time) and 297 (part-time).

The graduation rate of South Plains College is 19% and transfer-out rate is 13%. The retention rate is 48% at the school.

South Plains 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	8,580
Graduation Rate	19%
Number of Faculty	500
Student to Faculty Ratio	16 to 1

Student Population at South Plains

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 8,930 students enrolled into South Plains College. By gender, 3,574 male and 5,356 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for South Plains College.

Student Population By Gender
South Plains College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	8,930	3,574	5,356
Full-time	3,967	1,772	2,195
Part-tme	4,963	1,802	3,161

There are 3,550 White (39.75%), 569 Black/African American (6.37%), 4,481 Hispanic (50.18%), 151 Asian (1.69%), and 4,642 students with other races attending South Plains College. 42 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at South Plains College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	8,930	3,574	5,356
American Indian/Native American	114	46	68
Asian	151	62	89
Black/African American	569	216	353
Hispanic	4,481	1,661	2,820
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	10	8
White	3,550	1,554	1,996
Two More	0	0	0
Un-Known	5	1	4
Non-resident Alien	42	24	18

South Plains College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

2,880 students (32.25% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 2,545 students (28.50% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for South Plains College.

Distance Learning Student Population at South Plains College
	Number of Students
Total	8,930
Enrolled Online Exclusively	2,880
Enrolled Some Online Courses	2,545
Not in Online Courses	3,505

By age range, at South Plains College, 3,596 students are aged 20 to 24 (40.27% of total students), 3,149 students are aged below 20 (35.26%), 97 students are aged above 50 (2.06%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at South Plains College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	8,930	3,574	5,356
Under 18	842	335	507
Age 18-19	2,307	987	1,320
Age 20-21	2,241	1,006	1,235
Age 22-24	1,355	567	788
Age 25-29	952	333	619
Age 30-34	532	159	373
Age 35-39	296	82	214
Age 40-49	308	80	228
Age 50-64	92	21	71
Over 64	5	4	1

Directory and Accreditation Information

South Plains College is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1963 - Current).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of South Plains College.

1401 S. College Ave, Levelland, TX

806-894-9611

School Website

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Financial Aid Information

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

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