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Weatherford College

Weatherford, Texas·Public, 4-year or above·Southwest·wc.edu
6-yr Graduation
35%
Total enrollment
6,520
peer median 5,077
Avg net price
$8,664
+$1.3k vs Community College
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About

Weatherford College is a public community college located in Weatherford, Texas, with an additional campus in Bridgeport, Texas. It offers various academic programs and workforce training opportunities, though the founding year is not specified on the About page.

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
35%

Pell equity

21.0pp gap
Pell recipients
33%
Non-Pell
12%

Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 52 Title IV programs, 6 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 46 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
52
Passing
6
11.5% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

52programs
  • Passing6 · 11.5%
  • No Data46 · 88.5%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
6
No data
46

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.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

6
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Associate Degree · Education
+26.0%
$41,963 vs $33,298
Business Administration Management and Operations
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+36.2%
$45,365 vs $33,298
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+44.3%
$48,060 vs $33,298
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+95.3%
$65,044 vs $33,298
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+158.3%
$86,018 vs $33,298
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+176.0%
$91,897 vs $33,298

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

7
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
Undergraduate Certificate · Personal And Culinary Services
33%
$5,500 debt · $16,571 earn
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
18%
$8,743 debt · $48,060 earn
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
18%
$15,644 debt · $86,018 earn
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
18%
$11,750 debt · $65,044 earn
Practical Nursing Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
17%
$9,500 debt · $56,558 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
16%
$15,000 debt · $91,897 earn
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
14%
$5,808 debt · $40,220 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Accredited since 1956Next review Dec 2027

Programmatic accreditations · 6

Action history · 23

  1. May 2025Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  2. May 2025Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  3. Dec 2024Accreditation Reaffirmed: Warning Removed
    American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education · Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) - Programs leading to an associate degree
  4. Nov 2024Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  5. Sep 2024Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$6,851
$30–48k$7,678
$48–75k$9,586
$75–110k$12,503
$110k+$13,673

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$8,664
+$1,262vs Community College median $7,402
Federal loans
14.5%
In-state tuition
$4,560
Out-of-state
$9,630

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 2,145 students received $10.6M in Pell grants, alongside $6.9M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
2,145
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$10.6M
$10,616,278 total
Direct Loans
$6.9M
1,912 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
20
1k
21
2k
22
2k
23
2k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$2.6M
919 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$4.1M
961 loan awards
Parent PLUS$287K
32 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 676 borrowers who entered repayment, 14 (2.0%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
2.0%
-0.3pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
676
Defaulted
14
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
4.5%
2017
6.0%
2018
5.7%
2019
2.0%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Weatherford College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs42
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

932 total completions
01Liberal Arts
47450.9%
02Health Professions
34837.3%
03Business
303.2%
04Security/Protective
293.1%
05Education
192.0%
06Computer Sciences
192.0%
07Agriculture
101.1%
08Personal/Culinary
10.1%
09Engineering Tech
10.1%
10Family/Consumer Sci
10.1%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
6,520
12-mo unduplicated
7,218
Undergraduate
7,218
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
37%2,672
Women
63%4,546

Race / ethnicity composition

White
61.2%
Hispanic
23.7%
Unknown
6.4%
Two or more
3.2%
Black
3.2%
Asian
1.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.2%
Non-resident
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

Athletes
206
111 M · 95 W
Women athletes
46.1%
Athletic aid
$2.1M
Total student aid
Budget
$4.1M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$770K
$922K
Recruiting expense
$17K
$35K
Head-coach salaries
$22K
$32K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 6

Baseball
45 M ·
$733K
Basketball
12 M · 13 W
$755K
Softball
· 23 W
$536K
Volleyball
· 17 W
$445K
Golf
8 M · 4 W
$374K
Tennis
6 M · 5 W
$289K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 5,445 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.551 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
3
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
10
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
2
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
2

Criminal offenses by type

No criminal offenses reported.

By location

0total

    VAWA offenses

    0
    Domestic violence
    3
    Dating violence
    0
    Stalking
    3 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

    Hate crimes by bias

    No hate crimes reported.

    Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

    CategoryArrestsReferrals
    Weapons03
    Drugs19
    Liquor127

    Residence-hall fires

    • Coyote Village1 fire
      Smoking materialsDamage $1,000-$9,999

    Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

    Student-faculty ratio

    Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

    Student-to-faculty
    19.0:1
    Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
    115

    Weatherford College vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions Weatherford College selected for federal comparison reporting.

    GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
    This institutionPeer median

    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
    SubjectWeatherford College
    35%6,520$8,664Community College
    Bismarck State College
    4,206$10,725Baccalaureate
    Brazosport College
    3,812$3,022Baccalaureate
    Clark State College
    5,077$8,615Community College
    Clover Park Technical College
    3,408$3,912Baccalaureate
    College of the Mainland
    5,127$1,975Community College
    GateWay Community College
    5,553$12,871Community College
    Grayson College
    4,324$4,984Community College
    Gulf Coast State College
    5,426$2,339Baccalaureate
    Highline College
    5,592$10,878Baccalaureate
    Jackson College
    33%5,086$7,657Baccalaureate
    Lake-Sumter State College
    5,810$5,742Baccalaureate
    Laramie County Community College
    4,193$7,143Community College
    Lower Columbia College
    2,724$8,222Community College
    Midland College
    5,690$5,720Baccalaureate
    Mt Hood Community College
    6,476$6,443Community College
    Northwestern Michigan College
    53%3,253$5,243Baccalaureate
    Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City
    3,959$5,877Baccalaureate
    Paradise Valley Community College
    6,148$13,478Community College
    Pueblo Community College
    7,284$11,063Baccalaureate
    Renton Technical College
    2,824$5,051Baccalaureate
    Skagit Valley College
    4,028$6,116Baccalaureate
    South Seattle College
    5,210$6,802Baccalaureate
    Spokane Falls Community College
    4,319$7,402Baccalaureate
    Trinity Valley Community College
    5,961$3,801Community College
    University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College
    7,787$9,219Baccalaureate
    University of Cincinnati-Clermont College
    9,479$9,457Baccalaureate
    Walla Walla Community College
    2,967$8,343Baccalaureate
    Wenatchee Valley College
    3,067$10,733Baccalaureate
    Western Nevada College
    4,284$12,424Baccalaureate
    Whatcom Community College
    3,674$9,608Baccalaureate
    Yakima Valley College
    3,809$10,402Baccalaureate
    Yavapai College
    7,428$6,355Community College
    Peer group median35%5,077$7,402

    Weatherford College Institutional Research office

    The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

    Office
    Office of Research, Analytics & Effectiveness
    Phone
    817-598-6345
    Address
    Weatherford Campus, 225 College Park Drive, Weatherford, TX 76086

    The Office of Research, Analytics, & Effectiveness supports the data needs of academic and non-academic departments for planning and self-assessment purposes, establishes planning timelines, and conducts ongoing training.

    Visit IR office page
    Team
    1 member
    • John D. Jones, PhD
      Executive Director of Research, Analytics, & Effectiveness

    Reports & documents (1)

    Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

    Notable alumni of Weatherford College (9)

    A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.

    • Nihan Anaz
    • Robert B. Anderson
    • Leta Andrews
    • Harvey Catchings
    • Gaston Essengué
    • Olga Firsova
    • Stedman Graham
    • Fritz G. Lanham
    • Jim Wright

    Frequently asked questions about Weatherford College

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Weatherford College.

    What is the graduation rate at Weatherford College?

    Weatherford College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 35% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend Weatherford College?

    Weatherford College reports a total enrollment of 6,520 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at Weatherford College?

    The average net price at Weatherford College is $8,664 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    Where is Weatherford College located?

    Weatherford College is located in Weatherford, Texas 76086-5699.

    Who runs Institutional Research at Weatherford College?

    Weatherford College's IR work is done by the Office of Research, Analytics & Effectiveness.

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