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South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Brownsville
1900 North Expressway, Suite O, Brownsville, TX 78521 · Private for-profit less-than-2-year · (956) 554-3515 · School website
Career programs at South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Brownsville
South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Brownsville reported 206 certificate and associate completions in 5 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in medical assistant (122). College Scorecard counts 423 undergraduates.
| Program | Award | Length | Program cost | Completions | Earnings, 1 yr | Funding and results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical assistant | Certificate | 60 credit hours, 13 months | $22,540 | 122 | $22,869 | WIOA list |
| Dental assistant | Certificate | 68 credit hours, 15 months | $26,220 | 48 | $19,134 | WIOA list |
| CDL | Certificate | 160 clock hours, 1 month | $3,500 | 31 | $46,909 | WIOA list |
| HVAC | Certificate | 50 credit hours, 10 months | $19,040 | 5 | $32,364 | |
| Billing and coding | Certificate | 72 credit hours, 15 months | $27,040 | 0 | $22,506 |
Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).
Cost and aid at South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Brownsville
What a year costs, 2024-25
- Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid
- $16,277
- Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs
- $15,917
- Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students
- $31,102
Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.
- South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Brownsville net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
- Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)
How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.
More South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Brownsville programs on the WIOA list
People who meet WIOA's rules for training services can have their local workforce board pay for a program on the state's eligible training provider list. Limits vary by area. How WIOA training funds work.
| Listed program | Tuition and fees | Length | Completed | Employed, 2nd quarter | Median earnings, 2nd quarter | Students who exited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional Massage TherapyHybrid (in person and online) · CIP 51.3501 | $10,915 | Competency-based or withheld | Suppressed | Suppressed | Suppressed | Suppressed |
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171): programs on state lists as of June 30, 2025; outcomes for all students who exited between July 2021 and June 2025, not only WIOA-funded ones. Median earnings are one quarter's pay in the second quarter after exit. Suppressed means DOL withheld the figure (a small group, nothing reported, or a data quality hold); for length it can also mean a competency-based program. IPEDS does not list these program types at this campus. Matched to South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Brownsville by provider name and place, by DOL's provider ID, or as another site of the school (its exact name or website, the only match in the state; "Listed at" names that site's town).
On the Texas Workforce Commission's current list
The Texas Workforce Commission's statewide eligible training provider list, updated July 8, 2026, holds 8 programs from South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Brownsville, listed at $3,500 to $19,863 in tuition and fees.
| Listed program | Tuition and fees | Contact hours | Weeks | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDL Training: Class A Tractor Trailer | $3,500 | 160 | 4 | In-Person |
| CDL Training: Class A Tractor Trailer | $3,500 | 160 | 4 | In-Person |
| Dental Assisting | $19,863 | 1070 | 40 | Hybrid |
| Dental Assisting | $19,863 | 1070 | 60 | Hybrid |
| Electrical | $17,232 | 800 | 50 | Hybrid |
| Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Basic Refrigeration | $17,232 | 800 | 50 | Hybrid |
| Medical Billing and Coding | $19,863 | 900 | 60 | Hybrid |
| Medical Clinical Assistant | $17,152 | 800 | 50 | Hybrid |
Source: Texas Workforce Commission statewide eligible training provider list on data.texas.gov (programs currently approved for WIOA training accounts; no field-of-study codes, so the list is matched to the school by name and place only).
South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Brownsville on the FMCSA training registry
- South Texas Vocational Technical Institute Brownsville, Brownsville, TX (registry record updated 2026-09-30)
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