Southwest Texas Junior College

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Active In Achieving the Dream:

2004 - present

Leader College:

2009 - present
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“ATD is the perfect venue for Higher Education practitioners to share knowledge, celebrate successes, and work through challenges with each other. The support and resources we gain from the ATD network help us provide our students with innovative and proven strategies which direct them onto successful pathways.”
–Dr. Hector Gonzales, President, Southwest Texas Junior College

Who We Are

Southwest Texas Junior College (SWTJC) is a regional, "open door" institution serving an 11-county area that stretches from the Texas Hill Country to the US-Mexican border. Our main campus is located in Uvalde, a city of 15,000 located in the foothills of Texas Hill Country. Uvalde is approximately 70 miles west of San Antonio and 70 miles east of the Mexican border. Additional campuses are located in the border cities of Del Rio and Eagle Pass. We also operate instructional facilities in Crystal City, Pearsall, and Hondo. SWTJC also provides online instruction and distance education links to twenty-two school districts. No other state community college provides educational resources in an area this large.

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College Characteristics

  • IPEDS UNITID: 228316
  • HBCU: No
  • Tribal: No
  • Degree of Urbanization: Town: Remote
  • Geographic Region: Southwest (AZ NM OK TX)
  • Institution Size Category: 5,000 - 9,999
  • Carnegie Classification: Associate's--Public Rural-serving Medium
  • Total Enrollment: 5,908
  • Full-time Enrollment: 2,187
  • Part-time Enrollment: 3,721
  • First-time Degree Seeking: 851
  • Part-time First-time Degree Seeking: 290
  • Black or African American Grouping: 0 to 20% Black
  • Hispanic/Latino Grouping: More than 25% Hispanic/Latino
  • Pell Recipients Grouping: 40.1% to 60% Pell Recipients

Percent of total enrollment that are...

  • American Indian or Alaska Native: 1%
  • Asian: 0%
  • Black or African American: 1%
  • White: 13%
  • Hispanic/Latino: 84%
  • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: 0%
  • Women: 60%
  • Two or more races: 0%
  • Race/ethnicity unknown: 0%
  • Pell Recipients : 50%

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