Taft College Student Demographics

Spring 2003 Semester

Sex	On-Campus		Distance Learning		WESTEC *
	Count	Percent	Count	Percent	Count	Percent
Female	1040	64.5	607	67.4	504	9.4
Male	495	30.7	266	29.5	4838	90.0
(missing)	77	4.8	28	3.1	31	0.6
Total	1612	100.0	901	100.0	5373	100.0

Age	On-Campus		Distance Learning		WESTEC *
	Count	Percent	Count	Percent	Count	Percent
< 22	474	29.4	197	21.9	519	9.7
22 to 25	270	16.7	144	16.0	823	15.3
26 to 30	161	10.0	134	14.9	855	15.9
31 to 35	164	10.2	120	13.3	778	14.5
36 to 40	172	10.7	97	10.8	701	13.0
41 to 50	190	11.8	136	15.1	1078	20.1
> 50	107	6.6	45	5.0	591	11.0
(missing)	74	4.6	28	3.1	28	0.5
Total	1612	100.0	901	100.0	5373	100.0

Race/ Ethnicity	On-Campus		Distance Learning		WESTEC *
	Count	Percent	Count	Percent	Count	Percent
Asian	23	1.4	16	1.8	45	0.8
Black	48	3.0	44	4.9	445	8.3
Filipino	8	0.5	9	1.0	55	1.0
Hispanic	531	32.9	149	16.5	2113	39.3
Native American	23	1.4	13	1.4	112	2.1
Other	13	0.8	14	1.6	24	0.4
Pacific Islander	12	0.7	9	1.0	18	0.3
White	840	52.1	593	65.8	2510	46.7
(missing)	114	7.1	54	6.0	51	0.9
Total	1612	100.0	901	100.0	5373	100.0

A Note About Westec -- Westside Energy Services Training and Education Center, Inc. was founded in 1982 in response to a need for vocational training specific to the petroleum and related industries. Now, 20 years later we are still responding to the needs of industry, and not just those producing energy. The programs offered are applicable to a wide range of light-to-heavy industries. Toward that end, WESTEC will cooperate with industry to determine training requirements, establish and carry out programs that meet the identified needs, acquire resources to conduct these programs effectively, produce and provide training materials, and conduct its activities in cooperation with those of Taft College and other entities.