After Western Technical College: graduation, pay and debt
El Paso, Texas · For-profit · 1,206 undergrads
71% of Western Technical College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $41,422 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $16,873 in federal loans at the median.
The short answers
$41.4k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
71%
finish within six years.
1.8%
finish in four years.
85%
of first-years come back for year two.
$16.9k
median federal debt at graduation.
29%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers
Finishing
Finished in four yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
1.8%
Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
71%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024
85%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
69%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
83%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
704
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
75%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
2%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
413
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
0.4%
Pay after college
Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$38,622
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$41,422
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
46%
Debt and paying it back
Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
$16,873
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$13,406
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$13,374
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$14,572
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
29%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
53%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
39%
Where these numbers come from
Federal college data (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Updated Oct 31, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers