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Tidewater Tech-Trades

4535 E. Princess Anne Rd., Norfolk, VA 23502 · Private for-profit less-than-2-year · (757) 858-8324 · School website

Average net price

$26,366

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

392

2023-24, IPEDS

Finish on time

71.4%

within 150% of normal time, Scorecard

Students with Pell

59.5%

share of undergraduates, Scorecard

Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Council on Occupational Education Credit for military training (IPEDS) Open admission (IPEDS) On Virginia's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025)

Career programs at Tidewater Tech-Trades

Tidewater Tech-Trades reported 392 certificate and associate completions in 3 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in welding (217). College Scorecard counts 367 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr	Funding and results
Welding	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	217	$32,269	WIOA list
HVAC	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	100	$30,448	WIOA list
Automotive	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	75	$30,531	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 Tidewater Tech-Trades

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $16,337
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $16,337
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $695
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $26,366
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs: $9,500
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $31,657

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

Tidewater Tech-Trades 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.

Other welding programs within 40 miles

Advanced Technology InstituteVirginia Beach, VA · 3.3 mi
Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, VA · 3.4 mi
Virginia Peninsula Community CollegeHampton, VA · 17.1 mi
College of the AlbemarleElizabeth City, NC · 37.4 mi

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