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Western Technology Center

Burns Flat, Oklahoma Public Less than 2-year Remote rural area

Overview

Located in Burns Flat, Oklahoma, Western Technology Center is a public career and technical school. The campus sits in a remote rural area. It enrolled 532 students in fall 2024. It is part of Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education.

Western Technology Center offers certificates across 31 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Cosmetology, Welding Technology, and Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science. It awarded 246 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 96% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 6 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
532
Students enrolled
96%
First-year retention
246
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
31
Programs and majors
6:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

Campus

Program levels

Certificate

Programs and majors offered 31

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Mechanic and Repair Technologies 5
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 4
Precision Production 1
Business, Management and Marketing 3
Computer and Information Sciences 3
Construction Trades 3
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
Health Professions 5
Education 1
Engineering 1
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Communications Technologies 2

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
96%
First-year retention, part-time students
78%
Student-to-faculty ratio
6:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Certificates under 1 year
26
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
220

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
532
Undergraduates, fall 2024
532
Full-time, fall 2024
15%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
545
Full-time, 2024-25
16%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
49%
Men
51%
White
57%
Hispanic or Latino
31%
Black or African American
1%
Two or more races
8%
American Indian or Alaska Native
3%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
0%
Students taking some online courses
0%

Campus and services

Setting
Remote rural area
Academic calendar
Differs by program
Part of
Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education
Superintendent
Kathe Corning
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit

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