Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College

Dempsey Branch Road
Mount Gay, WV 25637-0000

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 1,859 students (66% of students are full-time).
The college's student:teacher ratio of 17:1 is lower than the state community college average of 23:1.
Minority enrollment is 0% of the student body (majority American and Asian), which is less than the state average of 13%.
Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College is the only community colleges within Logan County, WV.
The nearest community college is Kanawha Valley Community and Technical College (39.10 miles away).

	Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College	(WV) Community College Avg.
Carnegie Classification	Baccalaureate / Associates Colleges	Baccalaureate / Associates Colleges
Institution Level	Less than 2 yrs	At least 2 but less than 4 years
Institution Control	Public	Public
Total Faculty	107 staff	49 staff

The student population of 1,859 has declined by 15% over five years.
The student:teacher ratio of 17:1 has stayed the same over five years.
The school's diversity score of 0.00 is less than the state average of 0.24. The school's diversity has declined by 100% over five years.

Total Enrollment	1,859 students	1,060 students

Student : Teacher Ratio	17:1	23:1

# Full-Time Students	1,234 students	435 students

# Part-Time Students	625 students	625 students


% Black	-	7%

% White	100%	87%


Diversity ScoreThe chance that two students selected at random would be members of a different ethnic group. Scored from 0 to 1, a diversity score closer to 1 indicates a more diverse student body.	0.00	0.24

College Completion Rate	12%	29%

Average Graduate Earnings (10 Years)	$30,000	$23,900

The public in-state tuition of $3,048 is less than the state average of $4,026. The in-state tuition has grown by 20% over four years.
The public out-state tuition of $4,564 is less than the state average of $8,257. The out-state tuition has declined by 35% over four years.

In-State Tuition Fees	$3,048	$4,026

Out-State Tuition Fees	$4,564	$8,257

% Students Receiving Some Financial Aid	72%	93%

Median Debt for Graduates	$4,500	$12,318

Median Debt for Dropouts	$3,055	$5,021

Source: 2016 (or latest year available) IPEDS

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.