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Southwestern Community College (North Carolina): 31 training programs — cost, completion, employment and earnings from the federal record
Southwestern Community College (Higher Ed: Certificate of Completion), 447 College Drive, Sylva has 31 programs on North Carolina’s Training Provider Results list leading to: Accounting & Finance; Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Technology; Associate's in Applied Science Degree - Medical Laboratory Technology; Associate's in Applied Science Degree - Physical Therapist Assistant; Automotive System Technology; Business Administration and 25 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 | $8,514 | 72 wk · 14 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Air Conditioning, Heating, Refrigeration Tech. | $4,406 | 75 wk · 8 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Associate in Arts, Business Administration | $7,006 | 72 wk · 14 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Associate in Arts, Nursing | $12,442 | 72 wk · 14 hrs | 11 | 100% | 100% | $16,274 | — |
| 5 | Automotive Systems Technology | $9,833 | 80 wk · 16 hrs | 88 | 28% | 79% | $9,183 | — |
| 6 | Basic Law Enforcement Training | $980 | 16 wk · 40 hrs | 10 | 50% | 86% | $10,693 | $980 |
| 7 | Business Administration | $6,374 | 72 wk · 40 hrs | 376 | 30% | 75% | $11,775 | — |
| 8 | Carpentry - Diploma | $2,892 | 48 wk · 15 hrs | 76 | 30% | 43% | $5,978 | — |
| 9 | Certified Nursing Assistant/Aide | $1,921 | 16 wk · 24 hrs | 14 | 64% | 80% | $5,543 | — |
| 10 | Culinary Technology | $8,702 | 80 wk · 13 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Cyber Crime Technology | $8,316 | 72 wk · 14 hrs | 74 | 35% | 65% | $14,950 | — |
| 12 | Early Childhood Associate | $7,490 | 72 wk · 15 hrs | 45 | 9% | 82% | $7,366 | — |
| 13 | Emergency Medical Science | $7,841 | 72 wk · 15 hrs | 47 | 34% | 88% | $22,558 | — |
| 14 | Health Information Technology | $7,559 | 72 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Human Services Technology | $6,150 | 80 wk · 16 hrs | 73 | 25% | 75% | $10,109 | — |
| 16 | Information Systems | $7,245 | 72 wk · 14 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Medical Assisting - Assoc | $7,298 | 80 wk · 13 hrs | 53 | 43% | 83% | $11,215 | — |
| 18 | Medical Laboratory Technology | $5,548 | 80 wk · 8 hrs | 19 | 47% | 79% | $10,408 | — |
| 19 | Medical Office Administration | $6,892 | 80 wk · 16 hrs | 79 | 25% | 74% | $13,428 | — |
| 20 | Medical Sonography | $7,938 | 80 wk · 15 hrs | 13 | 92% | 83% | $12,561 | — |
| 21 | Medical Transcription | $350 | 16 wk · 20 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Occupational Therapy Assistant | $8,536 | 72 wk · 40 hrs | 56 | 38% | 82% | $9,351 | — |
| 23 | Opticianry | $7,097 | 72 wk · 40 hrs | 13 | 23% | 80% | — | — |
| 24 | OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP, Associate | $6,299 | 72 wk · 40 hrs | 61 | 49% | 85% | $6,401 | — |
| 25 | Phlebotomy | $500 | 16 wk · 13 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Physical Therapist Assistant AAS | $10,784 | 74 wk · 26 hrs | 61 | 38% | 79% | $12,133 | — |
| 27 | Radiography | $8,090 | 74 wk · 15 hrs | 59 | 29% | 83% | $11,978 | — |
| 28 | Respiratory Care | $8,595 | 72 wk · 40 hrs | 66 | 38% | 93% | $15,254 | — |
| 29 | Surgical Technology | $7,102 | 72 wk · 19 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Therapeutic Massage Diploma | $8,603 | 32 wk · 20 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Welding Technology | $6,523 | 80 wk · 13 hrs | 242 | 13% | 55% | $5,946 | — |
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 North Carolina: the North Carolina provider index.