South Texas College Healthcare Programs

Located in McAllen, Texas, South Texas College is a public institution. The location of South Texas College is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Where Is South Texas College?

Contact details for South Texas College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	3201 W. Pecan, McAllen, TX 78501
Phone:	855-468-6782
Website:	www.southtexascollege.edu

How Do I Get Into South Texas College?

You can apply to South Texas College online at: https://www.southtexascollege.edu/getting-started/index.php

South Texas College has an open admissions policy, so you don't have to worry about getting into the school if you have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Can I Afford South Texas College?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At South Texas College, approximately 2% of students took out student loans averaging $2,755 a year. That adds up to $11,020 over four years for those students.

South Texas College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 28,962 undergraduate students at South Texas College, with 8,384 being full-time and 20,578 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 8,384 full-time undergraduates at South Texas College, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of South Texas College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	50
Black or African American	44
Hispanic or Latino	7,954
White	230
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	104

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at South Texas College. At this time, 2 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 20 countries are represented at South Texas College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Mexico, South Korea, and Nigeria.

Online Learning at South Texas College

In 2022-2023, 13,578 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at South Texas College has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 11th most popular in Texas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

South Texas College Healthcare Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Registered Nursing	0	278	0	16	294
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	0	0	156	0	156
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	108	18	4	0	130
Health Care Management	0	0	0	78	78
Medical/Clinical Assistant	34	18	18	0	70
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide	70	0	0	0	70
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	13	10	0	0	23
Respiratory Care Therapy	0	20	0	0	20
Radiologic Technology	0	18	0	0	18
Physical Therapy Assistant	0	12	0	0	12
Occupational Therapist Assistant	0	11	0	0	11
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant	0	10	0	0	10
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder	0	0	10	0	10
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician	0	4	3	0	7
Pre-Pharmacy Studies	0	3	0	0	3
TOTAL	225	402	191	94	912

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.