Type | Community college |
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Undergraduates | 3,164 |
Location |
Snyder, Texas, USA 32°40′44″N 100°54′50″W / 32.678768°N 100.913936°WCoordinates: 32°40′44″N 100°54′50″W / 32.678768°N 100.913936°W |
Website | Official Website |
Western Texas College (WTC) is a community college founded in 1971 and located in Snyder in Scurry County, Texas. In addition to the main campus there are two downtown Snyder locations. College on the Square focuses on adult and continuing education. The Opportunity Center focuses on workforce training and job skills improvement. With an enrollment of approximately 2,300, Western Texas College has an extensive Distance Learning department, provides dual credit courses to 43 area high schools, and provides college-level coursework to inmates in three prisons in the West Texas area.
As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official Western Texas College service area encompasses Borden, Dickens, Fisher, Jones, Kent, Mitchell, Nolan, Runnels, Scurry, and Stonewall counties.
Western Texas College offers four two-year college degrees—the Associate of Arts (A.A.) Degree, the Associate of Science (A.S.) Degree, the Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) Degree, and the Associate of Arts in Teaching (A.A.T.) Degree to students who complete graduation requirements. Hour requirements for Associate of Applied Science Degree will vary with program. Students may also earn certificates of completion in less than two years for several Career and Technical programs.