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Automotive program at Southwest Virginia Community College

Cedar Bluff, VA · Public 2-year · (276) 964-2555 · School website

On Virginia's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025) School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

The program in figures

Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (12 weeks to under 1 year)
Not reported
LengthIPEDS
Not reported
CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
2
Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard
Not published (small cohort)
Typical pay for automotive service technicians and mechanicsBLS OEWS May 2025, Virginia
$59,330

Every line comes from the federal file named under it. A blank means the source does not publish the figure for this program; we never estimate it.

About this program

Southwest Virginia Community College awarded 2 automotive credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its number 8 career program of 8 we list.

On Virginia's WIOA eligible training provider list

People who meet WIOA's rules for training services can have their local workforce board pay for a program on the state's eligible training provider list. Limits vary by area. How WIOA training funds work.

Listed programTuition and feesLengthCompletedEmployed, 2nd quarterMedian earnings, 2nd quarterStudents who exited
Automotive Diagnostics and Repair Career Studies CertificateAutomotive Diagnostics and Repair Career Studies Certificate · In person · CIP 47.0604$4,545+ $2,300 books32 weeks, 29 hours a week62.5%40%$3,33724

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171): programs on state lists as of June 30, 2025; outcomes for all students who exited between July 2021 and June 2025, not only WIOA-funded ones. Median earnings are one quarter's pay in the second quarter after exit. Suppressed means DOL withheld the figure (a small group, nothing reported, or a data quality hold); for length it can also mean a competency-based program. Matched to this page by provider name, address and field of study (CIP code).

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