School of Automotive Machinists & Technology
About
The School of Automotive Machinists & Technology (SAM Tech) is a vocational institution located in Houston, Texas, specializing in machining and technical education for students aiming for careers in the high-performance racing industry. It offers programs in Engine Block Machining, Cylinder Head Machining, CNC Machining, EFI Calibration, and Associate Degrees.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 14.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 4 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 4 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data4 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
Action history · 1
- Aug 2023Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 67 students received $380K in Pell grants, alongside $536K in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 66 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Samtech
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Samtech vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Samtech selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
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SubjectSchool of Automotive Machinists & Technology | 93% | — | 88 | $26,359 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Advanced Technology Institute | — | 53.5% | 415 | $18,497 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
American Trade School | — | — | 154 | $18,022 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Colorado School of Trades | — | 90.9% | 85 | $22,635 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Erie Institute of Technology Inc | — | — | 221 | $19,173 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Intellitec College-Colorado Springs | — | — | 679 | $22,051 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Intellitec College-Grand Junction | — | — | 1,077 | $16,656 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Island Drafting and Technical Institute | — | — | 30 | $21,392 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
ITI Technical College | — | — | 555 | $19,862 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Lincoln College of Technology-Denver | — | — | 1,212 | $32,060 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Lincoln College of Technology-Grand Prairie | — | — | 1,539 | $30,391 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis | — | — | 1,052 | $29,530 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Lincoln College of Technology-Marietta | — | — | 538 | $29,503 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Lincoln College of Technology-Nashville | — | — | 967 | $27,603 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Lincoln Technical Institute-Philadelphia | — | — | 345 | $28,399 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
MyComputerCareer at Columbus | — | — | 821 | $25,617 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
New York Automotive and Diesel Institute | — | — | 487 | $22,466 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
North Central Institute | — | — | 61 | $24,033 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Ohio Technical College | — | — | 683 | $27,952 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Pennco Tech-Bristol | — | — | 771 | $20,710 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Refrigeration School Inc | — | — | 1,417 | $25,300 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
San Joaquin Valley College-Trades Education Center | — | — | 364 | $24,093 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Sonoran Desert Institute | — | — | 5,437 | $19,921 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Spartan College of Aeronautics & Technology | — | — | 411 | $30,099 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology | — | — | 397 | $30,922 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
The College of Health Care Professions-Southwest Houston | — | — | 681 | $27,427 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Triangle Tech Inc-Bethlehem | — | — | 43 | $22,044 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Tulsa Welding School-Tulsa | — | — | 892 | $33,120 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Universal Technical Institute of Arizona Inc | — | — | 1,957 | $27,139 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Universal Technical Institute of California Inc | — | — | 1,553 | $23,526 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Universal Technical Institute of Northern California Inc | — | — | 1,214 | $26,671 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Universal Technical Institute-Dallas Fort Worth | — | — | 1,610 | $23,939 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Universal Technical Institute-Southern California | — | — | 1,701 | $24,867 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
WyoTech | — | — | 1,335 | $42,574 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
| Peer group median | 93% | 72.2% | 682 | $25,084 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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