- The Inkwell
- Texas
- West Coast University-Texas
Richardson, TXCity: largeZIP 75080
- Sector
- Private for-profit
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: other health professions
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 2003
- Campuses
- 6
- Website
- westcoastuniversity.edu
TexasPrivate for-profit
West Coast University-Texas
West Coast University-Texas is a private for-profit university in Richardson, Texas, with 2,673 undergraduates. It graduates 0% within six years and costs $52,439 a year after aid.
0%graduate
Retention100%
4-year graduation0%
Pell Grant share59%
Federal loans82%
$52,439net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
0%graduate in 6 years
$104,344median earnings, 10 yrs
$33,500median debt
#41 of 1,704 for earnings#1,731 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,735 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $57,779tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $17,482
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $17,482
- Average net price
- $52,439national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$51,508
$30,001–48,000$52,546
$48,001–75,000—
$75,001–110,000$49,679
$110,001+$57,779
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college100%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college0%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college59%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 0%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 0%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 46%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $98,984
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $104,344middle 50%: $67,468–$137,571
- Median debt at graduation
- $33,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$137,571
Median, West Coast University-Texas$104,344
Lower quarter$67,468
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 2,673
- Part-time
- 18%
- Women / men
- 78% / 22%
- Average age at entry
- 27.8
- First-generation students
- 40%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 59%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 17 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 38%
- Average faculty salary
- $9,635 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $13,491
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White35%
Hispanic36%
Black2.6%
Asian19%
Two or more races5.2%
U.S. nonresident0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.9%
Unknown0.6%
2 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions99%
Business & management0.6%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 443331.