Texas State Technical College has been operational for more than 50 years. One of the leading colleges in west Texas, it enrolls more than 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students annually. The college has campuses in Harlingen, Marshall, Waco, Abilene, Breckenridge, Brownwood and Sweetwater, Texas. It offers majors in agricultural studies, golf course and landscape management, commercial arts and advertising, computer hardware systems, software engineering, digital media and designing, and geographic information systems. The college also offers majors in communications and media studies, network security, systems administration, telecommunications, Web development, digital manufacturing, automation and robotics, chemical and environmental engineering, and drafting procedures. Additionally, it provides certificate programs in computerized control systems, fuel cell development, industrial maintenance and instrumentation, laser electro-optics, and plumbing and pipefitting.