El Paso, TX (population: 631,862) has eight vocational schools within its city limits. Western Technical College, the highest ranked school in the city with a vocational program, has a total student population of 958. It is the 1162nd highest ranked school in the USA and the 52nd highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University).
Vocational students from El Paso schools who go on to become vocational educators, event planners, landscape architects, landscape designers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 114,420 people working as vocational education teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $52,030. Also, Middle school teachers make on average $53,550 per year and there are about 665,420 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the El Paso area alone, there are 2,780 employed middle school teachers earning an average salary of $50,940. Vocational education teachers in this area earn $44,410/yr and there are 550 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 2.031 out of every 1000 jobs in El Paso are held by vocational education teachers, and 10.318/1000 are held by middle school teachers.
Of the 8 vocational 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 ($24,585/yr) for vocational students, with El Paso Community College as the lowest, reported at only $3,368/yr.
| 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 |