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SOWELA Technical Community College
Lake Charles, LA · Public · 2,966 students · mostly certificate degrees
9th-cheapest of 97 Louisiana colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$7,525
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$15,578
Graduation rate
43%
Admission rate
—
Median graduate earnings
$32,303
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
—
Pell grant recipients
46%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
42 programsSemiconductor Manufacturing Technology/Technician · Associate's Degree89 grads/yr$127,701Instrumentation Technology/Technician · Associate's Degree82 grads/yr$91,057Clinical Nurse Leader · Associate's Degree44 grads/yr$71,515Electrician · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma265 grads/yr$63,577Drafting and Design Technology/Technician, General · Associate's Degree13 grads/yr$55,019Accounting · Associate's Degree14 grads/yr$47,669Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants, Other · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma55 grads/yr$46,806Business/Commerce, General · Associate's Degree34 grads/yr$45,091Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Associate's Degree18 grads/yr$35,884
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.