Western Texas College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

Western Texas College, also known as WTC, is located in Snyder, Texas, United States. The college boasts of an enrollment of over 2000 students per term. It offers an array of degree and certificate programs and is divided into various academic departments. WTC also offers several scholarship programs including the Western Texas College Scholarship Foundation, Mickey Baird Scholarship, Agricultural Scholarship, Calley Family Scholarship, Evelyn Claire McLaughlin Memorial Scholarship, and WTC Faculty Association Scholarship.

WTC provides students the opportunity to join its many student organizations and clubs. Some of these are the Baptist Student Ministries, Fellowship of Christian Cowboys, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Rodeo Club, and Church of Christ Student Ministries.

The men’s sports teams of WTC are known as the Westerners, and the women’s teams are nicknamed the Lady Westerners. They participate in a wide variety of sports including cross country, baseball, soccer, basketball, golf, softball, rodeo, track and field, and volleyball.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in landscaping and horticulture, engineering technician, drama and performing arts, and production trades.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Associates Colleges.

Features of note:

• Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

Western Texas College participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 91% of students received financial aid of some sort.

(Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.)

Similar Schools

Based on proprietary BrainTrack computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to Western Texas College:

Click a column header to sort.

Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,090 in 2009-2010 (1,047 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 74% of the student body. About 6% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

Western Texas College provides on-campus housing for 380 of its 1,047 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Associate.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (4 awarded)

• Agriculture

ART STUDIES (0 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (9 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (0 awarded)

• Computer Programming/Programmer
• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (3 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (13 awarded)

• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Special Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING (0 awarded)

• Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (23 awarded)

• Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (6 awarded)

• Child Care and Support Services Management

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (90 awarded)

• Landscaping and Groundskeeping
• Plant Nursery Operations and Management
• Turf and Turfgrass Management

LAW (1 awarded)

• Pre-Law Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (56 awarded)

• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• General Studies
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MATHEMATICS (0 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (2 awarded)

• Journalism
• Mass Communication/Media Studies

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (1 awarded)

• Pre-Pharmacy Studies

MEDICINE (3 awarded)

• Health/Medical Preparatory Programs
• Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies
• Pre-Veterinary Studies

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (27 awarded)

• Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
• Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (7 awarded)

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
• Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry

PRODUCTION TRADES (15 awarded)

• Welding Technology/Welder

SCIENCE (3 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (6 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Police Science

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (1 awarded)

• Psychology