Western Texas College
Public Community College in Snyder, TX. Six-year graduation rate 53%. Median 10-year earnings $42,508.
Ten years after entry, the median Western Texas College student earns $42,508 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. 53% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $7,515. On economic mobility, 2.9% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.18 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 53% finish inside six years. Retention of 74% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. A 22% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. Retention drops to 60% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 505 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $6,153 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $2,703 at $0–30k, $9,015 at $75–110k. 59% of students receive grant aid, averaging $7,152 — common but not automatic. Only 4% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 159 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 | $2,703 |
| $30–48k | $2,800 |
| $48–75k | $4,439 |
| $75–110k | $9,015 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 21 of these 505 students, totalling $104,127 — an average of $4,958 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Scurry 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)