Southwest Mississippi Community College
Southwest Mississippi Community College offers career technical education programs with a focus on nursing, as well as trades like welding, electrical, and industrial maintenance. The school provides hands-on training in facilities like the state-of-the-art Industrial Maintenance/Millwright Lab and emphasizes workforce development through connections with local businesses and the WIN Job Center. Many programs prepare students for industry-recognized certifications and offer online course flexibility for working adults.
Programs Analyzed
Avg Grad Earnings
Avg TradeSchoolOutlook Score
Tuition (In-State)
All Programs at Southwest Mississippi Community College
2 trade programs at Southwest Mississippi CC, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.
| Program | Score | Earnings | Debt |
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Nursing
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Compare nationwide → Compare in MS → |
86 | $70,513/yr | — |
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Practical Nursing
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants Compare nationwide → Compare in MS → |
68 | $30,071/yr | — |
Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.
More Trade Schools in Mississippi
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Apprenticeship Pathways in Mississippi
Earn-while-you-learn alternatives in Mississippi. Registered apprenticeships skip tuition and pay you during training, though training periods are typically longer.
Trade Schools Near Summit
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About This Data
TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 2 trade and vocational programs at Southwest Mississippi Community College using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).
The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.