Career Programs at Southwest Texas Junior

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Southwest Texas Junior College is $6,294 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.

Southwest Texas Junior College offers the alternative tuition plans .

60% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $4,679 (exclude student loans).

Southwest Texas Junior 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$6,294
Average Financial Amount	$4,679

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Southwest Texas Junior College offers 27 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, 1,373 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Southwest Texas Junior College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	16	455
2 Years Certificate	11	97
Total	27	1,373

Programs by Award Level

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

455 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
97 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
821 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
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	✕	26	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	1	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Child Development	✕	16	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	108 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	108	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Lineworker	✕	9	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	80 completers	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	18	-
Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	29	-
Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	16	-
Avionics Maintenance Technology/Technician	✕	15	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	62 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	62	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	127 completers	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	28	-
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide	✕	99	-
Business [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	0	-
Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry	✕	2	-
	Total	455

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	13	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	6	-
Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	3	-
Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	14	-
Avionics Maintenance Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	43 completers	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	2	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	41	-
Business [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry	✕	0	-
	Total	97

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	✕	8	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	3	-
Education [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Engineering [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Engineering	✕	5	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Child Development	✕	12	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	714 completers	-
General Studies	✕	714	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	0	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	5	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	2	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	56 completers	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	0	-
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	✕	18	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	38	-
Business [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	0	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	6	-
Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry	✕	4	-
	Total	821

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 6,278 students are attending at Southwest Texas Junior College. There are 123 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 50 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 18 to 1 (5.56%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 344 (full-time) and 115 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Southwest Texas Junior College is 30% and transfer-out rate is 15%. The retention rate is 36% at the school.

Southwest Texas Junior 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	6,278
Graduation Rate	30%
Number of Faculty	173
Student to Faculty Ratio	18 to 1

Student Population at Southwest Texas Junior

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 5,875 students enrolled into Southwest Texas Junior College. By gender, 2,347 male and 3,528 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Southwest Texas Junior College.

Student Population By Gender
Southwest Texas Junior College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,875	2,347	3,528
Full-time	1,278	498	780
Part-tme	4,597	1,849	2,748

There are 604 White (10.28%), 31 Black/African American (0.53%), 5,085 Hispanic (86.55%), 28 Asian (0.48%), and 5,212 students with other races attending Southwest Texas Junior College.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Southwest Texas Junior College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,875	2,347	3,528
American Indian/Native American	22	10	12
Asian	28	15	13
Black/African American	31	9	22
Hispanic	5,085	2,000	3,085
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	604	267	337
Two More	33	14	19
Un-Known	72	32	40
Non-resident Alien	0	0	0

Southwest Texas Junior College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

2,198 students (37.41% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 1,464 students (24.92% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Southwest Texas Junior College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Southwest Texas Junior College
	Number of Students
Total	5,875
Enrolled Online Exclusively	2,198
Enrolled Some Online Courses	1,464
Not in Online Courses	2,213

By age range, at Southwest Texas Junior College, 805 students are aged 20 to 24 (13.70% of total students), 4,325 students are aged below 20 (73.62%), 28 students are aged above 50 (0.92%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Southwest Texas Junior College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,875	2,347	3,528
Under 18	3,281	1,410	1,871
Age 18-19	1,044	440	604
Age 20-21	497	216	281
Age 22-24	308	100	208
Age 25-29	306	79	227
Age 30-34	180	37	143
Age 35-39	126	32	94
Age 40-49	105	25	80
Age 50-64	27	8	19
Over 64	1	0	1

Directory and Accreditation Information

Southwest Texas Junior College is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1964 - Current).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Southwest Texas Junior College.

2401 Garner Field Rd, Uvalde, TX

830-278-4401

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Financial Aid Information

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