West Coast University-Texas
For-profit College in Richardson, TX. Six-year graduation rate 11%. Median 10-year earnings $102,672.
A decade after enrolling, the median West Coast University-Texas student earns $102,672 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. Completion is the weak point: 11% graduate within six years. Debt is the pressure point: a median of $32,946 at graduation.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.32 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 11% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 11% graduate within six years. Just 50% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. At 15:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a for-profit four-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,014 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $25,417 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $23,929 at $0–30k against $30,119 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 65% get grants averaging $7,862, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 78% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 6 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $23,929 |
| $30–48k | $23,232 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | $30,857 |
| $110k+ | $30,119 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 793 of these 1,014 students, totalling $7,521,007 — an average of $9,484 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Dallas County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)