About
South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Weslaco is an accredited technical and vocational college located in Weslaco, Texas. The institute offers a range of programs in healthcare, skilled trades, and business. It is part of a larger network of campuses across South Texas.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 20.0-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 6 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 6 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data6 · 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.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
Council on Occupational Education
Action history · 8
- Aug 2022Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalCouncil on Occupational Education
- Sep 2020Grant Substantive Change: OtherCouncil on Occupational Education
- Sep 2020Grant Substantive Change: Final Branch ApprovalCouncil on Occupational Education
- Jun 2020Grant Substantive Change: OtherCouncil on Occupational Education
- Feb 2020Grant Substantive Change: OtherCouncil on Occupational Education
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 5,829 borrowers who entered repayment, 206 (3.5%) defaulted within three years — above 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 STVT
Top program areas ranked 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.
STVT vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions STVT 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.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSouth Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Weslaco | 80% | — | 521 | $19,268 | — |
All-State Career School-Pittsburgh | — | — | 410 | $13,066 | — |
All-State Career-Baltimore | — | — | 563 | $19,553 | — |
Apex Technical School | — | — | 1,400 | $16,076 | — |
Arclabs | — | — | 744 | $24,965 | — |
Automotive Training Center-Exton | — | — | 366 | $11,732 | — |
Delta Technical College-Mississippi | — | — | 2,307 | $16,771 | — |
International Air and Hospitality Academy | — | — | — | $26,404 | — |
Lincoln Technical Institute-East Windsor | — | — | 1,008 | $26,269 | — |
Lincoln Technical Institute-Mahwah | — | — | 1,080 | $29,211 | — |
Lincoln Technical Institute-Union | — | — | 1,785 | $25,407 | — |
Lincoln Technical Institute-Whitestone | — | — | 1,131 | $32,648 | — |
Midwest Technical Institute-Missouri | — | — | 396 | $23,412 | — |
Miller-Motte College-STVT-San Antonio | — | — | 762 | $21,496 | — |
National Aviation Academy of Tampa Bay | — | — | 713 | $28,485 | — |
New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Connecticut | — | — | 289 | $15,448 | — |
New England Tractor Trailer Training School of CT-Bridgeport | — | — | 428 | $16,151 | — |
New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts | — | — | 430 | $15,735 | — |
New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Rhode Island | — | — | 646 | $15,411 | — |
North American Trade Schools | — | — | 534 | $11,812 | — |
Pennco Tech-Blackwood | — | — | 875 | $22,036 | — |
Summit College | — | — | 989 | $24,161 | — |
Tulsa Welding School-Houston | — | — | 1,962 | $32,907 | — |
Tulsa Welding School-Jacksonville | — | — | 968 | $32,599 | — |
UEI College-West Covina | — | — | 978 | $25,924 | — |
Universal Technical Institute of Illinois Inc | — | — | 1,156 | $24,971 | — |
Universal Technical Institute-Bloomfield | — | — | 1,428 | $26,052 | — |
| Peer group median | 80% | — | 819 | $23,412 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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