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Communications Schools
in El Paso, TX
Western Technical College
Computer Career Center
The University of Texas at El Paso
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Communications Schools in El Paso
El Paso, TX (population: 631,862) has four communications schools within its city limits. Western Technical College, the highest ranked school in the city with a communications program, has a total student population of 549. It is the 1018th highest ranked school in the USA and the 46th highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University).
Communications students from El Paso schools who go on to become communication disorder specialists, speech therapists, speech language pathologists, teacher of the speech and hearing handicappeds, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 25,090 people working as communications teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $65,190. Also, Rehabilitation counselors make on average $34,710 per year and there are about 112,690 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the El Paso area alone, there are 130 employed rehabilitation counselors earning an average salary of $36,020. Communications teachers in this area earn $49,670/yr and there are 120 employed.
El Paso lies in El Paso county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the El Paso area has 269,250 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 2.0% unemployment rate, $16.37/hr average worker wage, and a $34,050 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.458 out of every 1000 jobs in El Paso are held by communications teachers, and 0.490/1000 are held by rehabilitation counselors.
Of the 4 communications schools in El Paso, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Western Technical College comes out as the most expensive ($35,298/yr) for communications students, with El Paso Community College as the lowest, reported at only $3,368/yr.
Communications Programs in El Paso
Western Technical College
- Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
Levels offered: Certificate, Associates
- Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
Levels offered: Certificate
- Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
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Cities Near El Paso
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from El Paso |
| Las Cruces | NM | 95,663 | 3 | 29.6043 | 193 | 38.7 miles |
| Alamogordo | NM | - | 2 | 15.3602 | 50 | 77.8 miles |