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SOWELA Technical Community College

3820 Senator J. Bennett Johnston Ave, Lake Charles, LA 70615 · Public 2-year · (337) 421-6565 · School website

Average net price

$7,525

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

893

2023-24, IPEDS

Finish on time

42.7%

within 150% of normal time, Scorecard

Students with Pell

45.6%

share of undergraduates, Scorecard

Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Credit for military training (IPEDS) Open admission (IPEDS)

Career programs at SOWELA Technical Community College

SOWELA Technical Community College reported 893 certificate and associate completions in 9 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in electrician (378). College Scorecard counts 2,966 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr	Funding and results
Electrician	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	378	Not published	WIOA list
Welding	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	140	Not published	WIOA list
IT support	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	114	Not published	WIOA list
Culinary	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	98	Not published	WIOA list
LPN/LVN	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	96	$43,365	WIOA list
Carpentry	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	29	Not published	WIOA list
Plumbing	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	18	Not published
Sterile processing	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	11	Not published	WIOA list
Surgical tech	Associate	Not reported	Not reported	9	Not published	WIOA list

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at SOWELA Technical Community College

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $4,305
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $4,305
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $1,353
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $7,525
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $32,303

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

SOWELA Technical Community College net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)
Veterans and military page (link from IPEDS)

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.