Enrollment Trends at Western Technical

The student population at Western Technical College is 611 (600 undergraduate and 11 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 42 (7.38%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Western Technical is 98.20% which is increased by 31 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 11 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 114 male students for every 100 female students, down from 147 in 2015.
181 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 37.12% since 2015. (Note: The high increase/decrease may be due to the pandemic)

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There are multiple same-named institutes of Western Technical College. This page describes a school located in El Paso, TX. You may want to view a school located in another city and/or state on the Western Technical College locations page.

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 566 where 611 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 635 students in 2024 and was lowest at 489 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 569 to 611 students, a net gain of 42 (7.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Western Technical College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	569	569	339	230	0	0	0
2016-17	530 -39	530 -39	334 -5	196 -34	0	0	0
2017-18	489 -41	489 -41	295 -39	194 -2	0	0	0
2018-19	495 6	495 6	301 6	194	0	0	0
2019-20	547 52	547 52	333 32	214 20	0	0	0
2020-21	579 32	579 32	323 -10	256 42	0	0	0
2021-22	581 2	566 -13	288 -35	278 22	15 15	6 6	9 9
2022-23	623 42	608 42	308 20	300 22	15	8 2	7 -2
2023-24	635 12	619 11	337 29	282 -18	16 1	6 -2	10 3
2024-25	611 -24	600 -19	322 -15	278 -4	11 -5	3 -3	8 -2
Average	566	560	318	242	6	2	3

Western Technical College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 560 where 600 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Western Technical College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	569	476	281	195	93	58	35
2016-17	530	423	265	158	107	69	38
2017-18	489	489	295	194	0	0	0
2018-19	495	495	301	194	0	0	0
2019-20	547	517	310	207	30	23	7
2020-21	579	494	287	207	85	36	49
2021-22	566	447	240	207	119	48	71
2022-23	608	484	256	228	124	52	72
2023-24	619	500	284	216	119	53	66
2024-25	600	481	260	221	119	62	57
Average	560	560	278	203	560	40	40

Western Technical College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 6 where 11 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Western Technical College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	15	0	0	0	15	6	9
2022-23	15	0	0	0	15	8	7
2023-24	16	0	0	0	16	6	10
2024-25	11	7	2	5	4	1	3
Average	6	6	0	1	6	2	3

Western Technical College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 17.02% and the percentage of black students is 7.53% at Western Technical College. 1.15% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 63.67% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 23.20% to 17.02%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.88% to 1.15%. Black student enrollment decreased from 8.96% to 7.53%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 64.32% to 63.67%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5531 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5241 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Western Technical College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	0	5	51	366	4	132	8
2016-17	0	6	54	352	5	101	7
2017-18	2	23	39	330	1	76	8
2018-19	3	5	54	304	2	99	21
2019-20	5	4	43	349	4	89	50
2020-21	5	4	44	375	2	98	49
2021-22	1	6	36	365	2	110	61
2022-23	4	6	40	380	1	121	71
2023-24	3	6	39	393	4	127	60
2024-25	2	7	46	389	6	104	50
Average	3	7	45	360	3	106	39

Western Technical College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

181 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 30% of total students. The number of online students has increased 37.12% since 2021. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Western Technical College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	569	0	569
2016-17	530	0	530
2017-18	489	0	489
2018-19	495	0	495
2019-20	547	0	547
2020-21	579	0	579
2021-22	581	132	449
2022-23	623	168	455
2023-24	635	176	459
2024-25	611	181	430
Average	566	66	500

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Enrollment Trends at Western Technical

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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