Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College
Tel:
(304) 896-7098
- Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College is a comprehensive community college located in a rural environment. The College strives to fulfill current and future higher educational and vocational/technical needs of southern West Virginia, its service area and beyond. Our College emphasizes student-oriented, transferable learning, enabling students to achieve work, career and personal success.
School Highlights
Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College serves 1,449 students (69% of students are full-time).
The college's student:teacher ratio of 9:1 is lower than the state community college average of 15:1.
Minority enrollment is 2% of the student body (majority Black), which is more than the state average of 15%.
Top Rankings
Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College ranks among the top 20% of community colleges in West Virginia for:
- Category Attribute
- Affordability Least expensive tuition
- Debt For Students Least debt for graduating students
School Overview
The teacher population of 162 teachers has grown by 9% over five years.
| Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College | (WV) Community College Avg. | |
| Carnegie Classification | Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Vocational & Technical-High Traditional | Associate's Colleges: High Vocational & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional |
| Institution Level | At least 2 but less than 4 years | At least 2 but less than 4 years |
| Institution Control | Public | Public |
| Total Faculty | 162 staff | 49 staff |
| School Calendar | Link to School Calendar | |
Source: 2020 (or latest year available) IPEDS
School Notes
- Our College provides high-quality, affordable, student-friendly, and easily accessible educational services. We are highly effective and flexible in responding to state and community demands, and adapting to a global socio-economic system. Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College was established as an open-door, comprehensive community college on July 1, 1971 (named Southern West Virginia Community College) by combining two existing branches of Marshall University. Through legislation enacted in March 1995, the College's name was changed to Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College. Both the Williamson and Logan branches had been in operation since 1963 under the academic, fiscal, and administrative control of Marshall University, providing primarily the first two years of liberal arts, teacher education, and career programs in secretarial science, and radiologic technology. Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College gives residents of southern West Virginia and eastern Kentucky opportunities to secure their success, with two-year associate degrees, and certificates in more than twenty technical and occupational career fields. Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College is a member institution of the Community and Technical College System of West Virginia and accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges.
Nearby Schools
The nearest community college to Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College is BridgeValley Community & Technical College (38.5 miles away).
- College Location Mi. Students
- 1,689 students | 38.50 Mi2001 Union Carbide Dr
South Charleston, WV 25136
(304) 734-6600 38.501,689 - 1,573 students | 38.50 Mi2001 Union Carbide Drive
South Charleston, WV 25303
(304) 205-6600 38.501,573 - Carver Career CenterPublic177 students | 39.00 Mi4799 Midland Dr
Charleston, WV 25306
(304) 348-1965 39.00177 - West Virginia Junior College-CharlestonPrivate for-profit179 students | 39.90 Mi1000 Virginia St E
Charleston, WV 25301
(304) 345-2820 39.90179 - 1,768 students | 40.90 MiOne Mountwest Way
Huntington, WV 25701
(866) 710-3140 40.901,768
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