Career Programs at Wharton County Junior

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Wharton County Junior College is $5,568 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.

Wharton County Junior College offers the alternative tuition plans .

38% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $4,647 (exclude student loans).

Wharton County Junior 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$5,568
Average Financial Amount	$4,647

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Wharton County Junior College offers 27 vocational programs for Less than 12-Week Certificate, 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, 739 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Wharton County Junior College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 12 Weeks Certificate	1	0
Less than 1 Year Certificate	7	88
2 Years Certificate	19	105
Total	27	739

Programs by Award Level

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

88 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
105 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
546 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 12 Weeks Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	0	-
	Total	0

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	2	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Child Development	✕	8	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	38 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	38	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	31 completers	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	31	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	1	-
Business [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	6	-
	Total	88

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	1	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	31 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	31	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Electromechanical Technology/Electromechanical Engineering Technology	✕	1	-
Instrumentation Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD/CADD	✕	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Child Development	✕	3	-
Science Technologies/Technicians [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Industrial Radiologic Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	0	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	12	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	18	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	33 completers	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	8	-
Surgical Technology/Technologist	✕	0	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician	✕	0	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	0	$54,000
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	23	-
Business [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	4	-
	Total	105

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Agricultural Business and Management	✕	4	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects	✕	3	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	6	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	3	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	6	-
Education [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	1	-
Engineering [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Engineering	✕	5	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	8	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Child Development	✕	2	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	4	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	1 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	1	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	188 completers	-
General Studies	✕	188	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	6	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	0	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	2	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	0	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	0	-
Physics	✕	0	-
Science Technologies/Technicians [+]	✕	52 completers	-
Nuclear/Nuclear Power Technology/Technician	✕	14	-
Chemical Technology/Technician	✕	38	-
Psychology [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Psychology	✕	17	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	1	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Criminology	✕	7	-
Political Science and Government	✕	1	-
Sociology	✕	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	2	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	1	-
Music	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	143 completers	-
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	✕	8	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✕	3	-
Physical Therapy Technician/Assistant	✕	12	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	3	-
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	✕	13	-
Pre-Nursing Studies	✕	51	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician	✕	4	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	49	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	71 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	69	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	2	-
History [+]	✕	1 completers	-
History	✕	1	-
	Total	546

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 5,495 students are attending at Wharton County Junior College. There are 185 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 109 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 17 to 1 (5.88%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 372 (full-time) and 188 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Wharton County Junior College is 16% and transfer-out rate is 35%. The retention rate is 73% at the school.

Wharton County Junior 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	5,495
Graduation Rate	16%
Number of Faculty	294
Student to Faculty Ratio	17 to 1

Student Population at Wharton County Junior

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 5,479 students enrolled into Wharton County Junior College. By gender, 2,276 male and 3,203 female students are attending the school.

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

Student Population By Gender
Wharton County Junior College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,479	2,276	3,203
Full-time	2,308	1,068	1,240
Part-tme	3,171	1,208	1,963

There are 1,564 White (28.55%), 653 Black/African American (11.92%), 2,456 Hispanic (44.83%), 701 Asian (12.79%), and 2,554 students with other races attending Wharton County Junior College. 2 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Wharton County Junior College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,479	2,276	3,203
American Indian/Native American	6	4	2
Asian	701	342	359
Black/African American	653	282	371
Hispanic	2,456	914	1,542
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	3	4
White	1,564	689	875
Two More	80	38	42
Un-Known	10	3	7
Non-resident Alien	2	1	1

Wharton County Junior College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

1,329 students (24.26% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 1,335 students (24.37% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Wharton County Junior College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Wharton County Junior College
	Number of Students
Total	5,479
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,329
Enrolled Some Online Courses	1,335
Not in Online Courses	2,815

By age range, at Wharton County Junior College, 1,950 students are aged 20 to 24 (35.59% of total students), 2,622 students are aged below 20 (47.86%), 49 students are aged above 50 (1.75%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Wharton County Junior College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,479	2,276	3,203
Under 18	585	208	377
Age 18-19	2,037	902	1,135
Age 20-21	1,212	548	664
Age 22-24	738	331	407
Age 25-29	389	153	236
Age 30-34	210	56	154
Age 35-39	121	29	92
Age 40-49	138	34	104
Age 50-64	48	15	33
Over 64	1	0	1

Directory and Accreditation Information

Wharton County Junior College is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1951 - Current).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Wharton County Junior College.

911 Boling Hwy, Wharton, TX

979-532-4560

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Financial Aid Information

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