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Southwest Texas Junior College is a public institution situated in Uvalde, Texas. The surrounding location of Uvalde is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

1,795 Full-Time Undergraduates

$3,240 Avg In-State Tuition

Where Is Southwest Texas Junior College?

Contact details for Southwest Texas Junior College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2401 Garner Field Rd, Uvalde, TX 78801-6297
Phone:	830-278-4401
Website:	www.swtjc.edu

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Can I Afford Southwest Texas Junior College?

$3,240 In-State Tuition

6% Take Out Loans

In a recent term, part-time Southwest Texas Junior College students paid $195 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $651 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$3,240	$5,208
Fees	$1,086	$1,086
Books and Supplies	$1,929	$1,929
On Campus Room and Board	$6,000	$6,000
On Campus Other Expenses	$5,787	$5,787

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Southwest Texas Junior College, approximately 6% of students took out student loans averaging $4,312 a year. That adds up to $17,248 over four years for those students.

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Southwest Texas Junior College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,795 Full-Time Undergraduates

62% Women

90% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

There are 6,480 undergraduate students at Southwest Texas Junior College, with 1,795 being full-time and 4,685 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,795 full-time undergraduates at Southwest Texas Junior College, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Southwest Texas Junior College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	9
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1,578
White	162
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	41

Over 5 countries are represented at Southwest Texas Junior College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Mexico, Canada, and Cameroon.

Online Learning at Southwest Texas Junior College

549 Took All Classes Online

3,795 Took At Least One Class Online

In 2022-2023, 3,795 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Southwest Texas Junior College has changed over the last few years.

Southwest Texas Junior College Trade School Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
Welding Technology/Welder	97	4	9	110
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide	94	0	0	94
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	41	4	3	48
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	0	0	42	42
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician	25	4	10	39
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	23	0	0	23
Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician	13	0	5	18
Avionics Maintenance Technology/Technician	15	0	1	16
General Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	16	0	0	16
Lineworker	13	0	0	13
General Construction Trades	5	0	0	5
Radiologic Technology	0	0	0	0
Autobody/Collision & Repair Technology/Technician	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	342	12	70	424

Southwest Texas Junior College Trades

In a recent academic period, Southwest Texas Junior College awarded 1,113 undergraduate degrees. The table below shows the number of awards by award type for each trade program. Basic certificates are awards that are completed in less than a year, and undergraduate certificates are those awards that take between one and four years.

Major	Basic Certificates	Undergrad Certificates	Associate’s
Allied Health Professions	23	0	0
Construction	5	0	0
Cosmetology	16	0	0
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers	13	0	0
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration	25	10	4
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	94	42	0
Precision Metal Working	97	9	4
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair	69	9	4
Total	909	168	36

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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