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Southwestern Community College (Iowa): 20 training programs — cost, completion, employment and earnings from the federal record
Southwestern Community College (Other), 1501 West Townline, Creston has 20 programs on Iowa’s Training Provider Results list leading to: Accounting AAS Degree; Administrative Office Technology Associate of Applied Science Degree; Agricultural Business Associate of Applied Science Degree; American Welding Society TIG Welding; Applied Engineering Technology Associate of Applied Science (AAS) Degree; Associate of Applied Science (AAS) Degree in Nursing and 14 more. The table prints what the provider reported for each: the published cost, how many students exited, the share who completed, the share employed in the second quarter after exit, and their median earnings in that quarter — as reported, with the federal definition of every column below. Nothing is ranked, imputed or estimated. Snapshot taken 2026-09-02.
| # | Program (provider’s page) · credential · code | Published cost basis | Length | Exited | Completed | Employed Q2 after exit | Median earnings, Q2 (one quarter) | Avg WIOA ITA $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accounting | $17,156 | 64 wk · 21 hrs | 35 | 46% | 71% | $9,797 | — |
| 2 | Administrative Office Management | $17,280 | 64 wk · 21 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Agricultural Business | $17,807 | 71 wk · 22 hrs | 48 | 44% | 61% | $8,082 | — |
| 4 | Applied Engineering Technology | $18,800 | 71 wk · 25 hrs | 38 | 82% | 59% | $13,918 | — |
| 5 | Associate Degree Nursing | $21,371 | 78 wk · 25 hrs | 184 | 87% | 79% | $16,966 | — |
| 6 | Auto Collision Repair/Refinish | $19,695 | 39 wk · 33 hrs | 40 | 73% | 52% | $6,519 | — |
| 7 | Automotive Repair Technology Associate of Applied Science Degree | $19,420 | 78 wk · 28 hrs | 95 | 79% | 63% | $4,374 | — |
| 8 | Business Administration BS | $16,356 | 64 wk · 21 hrs | 224 | 40% | 66% | $7,349 | — |
| 9 | Carpentry and Building Trades AAS | $21,941 | 78 wk · 33 hrs | 77 | 97% | 43% | $5,158 | — |
| 10 | Carpentry and Building Trades Diploma | $10,581 | 39 wk · 31 hrs | 9 | 100% | 80% | $10,241 | — |
| 11 | CDL Training | $2,000 | 4 wk · 24 hrs | 15 | 93% | 91% | $10,492 | — |
| 12 | Certified Nurse Aide | $950 | 6 wk · 13 hrs | 992 | 41% | 71% | $3,767 | — |
| 13 | Computer Networking and Information Technology AAS | $19,815 | 78 wk · 23 hrs | 51 | 76% | 63% | $8,028 | — |
| 14 | Computer Networking and Information Technology Diploma | $10,656 | 39 wk · 24 hrs | 17 | 71% | 69% | $8,028 | — |
| 15 | Electrical Technology | $18,396 | 78 wk · 27 hrs | 142 | 89% | 54% | $9,970 | — |
| 16 | MIG Welding | $1,220 | 4 wk · 32 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Office Skills | $8,596 | 32 wk · 22 hrs | 11 | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Practical Nursing | $12,413 | 39 wk · 26 hrs | 291 | 69% | 72% | $7,500 | — |
| 19 | Professional Music | $20,624 | 64 wk · 25 hrs | 62 | 56% | 81% | $4,790 | — |
| 20 | TIG Welding | $1,220 | 4 wk · 32 hrs | 35 | 89% | 72% | $13,901 | — |
Source and date: U.S. Department of Labor, Training Provider Results — the open program index behind trainingproviderresults.gov (state Eligible Training Provider performance reports, form ETA-9171), snapshot taken 2026-09-02; the site states the data cover programs approved as of June 30, 2025 and outcomes for July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2025. Cost is tuition and fees for a non-WIOA participant where the provider reported it (books and supplies added only when reported separately), otherwise the average WIOA training-account dollars per participant — the basis is printed under each figure. The provider’s own program page is linked where it reported one; RetrainMap has not verified those links.
How to read the columns — the federal data dictionary
Definitions from the TrainingProviderResults.gov Data Dictionary v4.0 (2024-05-15), as shipped in the dataset’s data_dictionary.csv. Median earnings are one calendar quarter, not a year. Percentages of small cohorts are noisy — read the exited count first. A dash means the federal file prints −1 (suppressed: small cohort, not reported, or flagged) — blank here, never zero.
- all_completed_pct (federal field field_c_completed_percent)
- Percent of All Students who completed the program (DE122/DE121) Percent, 0-100 (the federal file stores a 0-1 fraction; converted here).
- all_employed_q2_pct (federal field field_c_q2_employment_percent)
- Percent of All Students Exiters who were employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE123/DE129) Percent, 0-100 (the federal file stores a 0-1 fraction; converted here).
- all_median_earnings_q2_usd (federal field field_c_median_earnings)
- Median Earnings in the 2nd Quarter after Exit of All Students that are Employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE125)
- avg_ita_cost_per_wioa_participant_usd (federal field field_c_cost_per_wioa)
- Average number of dollars the training program received from each WIOA participant Individual Training Account (ITA) during the time period (DE138/DE135)
- non_wioa_tuition_fees_usd (federal field field_non_wioa_tuition_cost)
- Out-of-Pocket Cost for a Non-WIOA Participant: Tuition and Requested Fees (DE111)
- non_wioa_books_supplies_usd (federal field field_non_wioa_supplies_cost)
- Out-of-Pocket Cost for a Non-WIOA Participant: Books and Supplies (DE112)
- length_weeks (federal field field_program_length_weeks)
- Length of the training program in weeks, as completed by a full-time student (DE114); a suppressed value (-1) indicates it was reported as a competency-based program
- length_hours (federal field field_program_length_hours)
- Length of the training program in clock/contact hours (DE113); a suppressed value (-1) indicates it was reported as a competency-based program
- all_students_exited (federal field field_c_total_exited)
- Total number of individuals exited from the training program (DE121)
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Sources and dates
- U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration — Training Provider Results program index, https://www.trainingproviderresults.gov/ · snapshot 2026-09-02 · normalised in the RetrainMap Training Provider Outcomes dataset (suppressed −1 cells blank; percentages 0–100; nothing imputed)
- TrainingProviderResults.gov Data Dictionary v4.0, 2024-05-15 — https://www.trainingproviderresults.gov/assets/ETP_Data_Dictionary.pdf
Other providers in Iowa: the Iowa provider index.