SOWELA Technical Community College
Lake Charles, Louisiana
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- City
- 2,966 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Agriculture and horticulture
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,375
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 67 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 88 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Carpentry and construction
- CarpentersCertificate · 29 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,931
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,572
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 84 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 30 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 86 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674
Electrician
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate · 287 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,469
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersAssociate degree · 91 finishedGraduates here earned $53,028 a year after finishingNationally: $55,611
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 268 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 105 finishedGraduates here earned $54,883 a year after finishingNationally: $63,073
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 179 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 87 finishedGraduates here earned $86,981 a year after finishingNationally: $63,717
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 44 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077
Graphic and applied design
- Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
- Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,578
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Mechanic and Repair Technologies/Technicians, OtherAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $54,405
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Plumbing and pipefitting
- Plumbing and Related Water Supply ServicesCertificate · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,980
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 40 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 21 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 63 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsAssociate degree · 33 finishedGraduates here earned $48,435 a year after finishingNationally: $58,618
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 49 finishedGraduates here earned $74,341 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 167 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (7)
- Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 138 finishedNationally: $54,610
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 51 finishedGraduates here earned $29,784 a year afterNationally: $40,381
- ForestryCertificate · 29 finishedNationally: $41,922
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 128 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 19 finishedNationally: $34,134
- Physical Science Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 16 finishedNationally: $57,582
- Physical Science Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $61,888
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $6,795per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $15,188sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $4,305Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 1%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 48%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $38,0086 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $39,49110 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- Not reportedfederal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for SOWELA Technical Community College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 5, 2026.
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