Career Programs at Southern Union State CC

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Southern Union State Community College is $8,790 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.

Southern Union State Community College offers the alternative tuition plans including prepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan.

55% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $5,630 (exclude student loans).

Southern Union State CC 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$8,790
Average Financial Amount	$5,630

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Southern Union State Community College offers 36 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate and 1-2 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 1,702 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Southern Union State Community College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	22	2	864
2 Years Certificate	14	1	197
Total	36	3	1,702

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

864 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
197 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
641 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	11	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	89 completers	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	34	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	55	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	12 completers	-
Child Care and Support Services Management	✔	12	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✔ (1 completers)	405 completers	-
General Studies	✔	405	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	0	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Physical Fitness Technician	✕	3	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	122 completers	-
Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician	✕	38	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	2	-
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology	✕	81	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	60 completers	-
Machine Shop Technology/Assistant	✕	30	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	30	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	134 completers	-
Medical Transcription/Transcriptionist	✕	0	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	39	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	83	-
Surgical Technology/Technologist	✕	0	-
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	✕	4	-
Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage	✕	8	-
Business [+]	✕	28 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	20	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	8	-
	Total	864

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	3	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	24	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	8 completers	-
Child Care and Support Services Management	✔	8	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	1	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	38 completers	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	16	-
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology	✕	20	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Machine Shop Technology/Assistant	✕	11	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	11	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	85 completers	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	4	-
Surgical Technology/Technologist	✕	6	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	75	-
Business [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	11	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	5	-
	Total	197

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	4	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	15	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Child Care and Support Services Management	✕	14	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✔ (1 completers)	362 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	0	-
General Studies	✔	362	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	33 completers	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	33	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	41 completers	-
Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician	✕	12	-
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology	✕	29	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	150 completers	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	10	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	16	-
Surgical Technology/Technologist	✕	10	-
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	✕	21	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	93	-
Business [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	14	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	8	-
	Total	641

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 4,386 students are attending at Southern Union State Community College. There are 93 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 160 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 19 to 1 (5.26%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 213 (full-time) and 236 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Southern Union State Community College is 24% and transfer-out rate is 41%. The retention rate is 68% at the school.

Southern Union State CC 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	4,386
Graduation Rate	24%
Number of Faculty	253
Student to Faculty Ratio	19 to 1

Student Population at Southern Union State CC

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 4,069 students enrolled into Southern Union State Community College. By gender, 1,776 male and 2,293 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Southern Union State Community College.

Student Population By Gender
Southern Union State Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,069	1,776	2,293
Full-time	2,145	1,056	1,089
Part-tme	1,924	720	1,204

There are 2,858 White (70.24%), 716 Black/African American (17.60%), 124 Hispanic (3.05%), 51 Asian (1.25%), and 439 students with other races attending Southern Union State Community College. 43 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Southern Union State Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,069	1,776	2,293
American Indian/Native American	9	8	1
Asian	51	19	32
Black/African American	716	227	489
Hispanic	124	58	66
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	4	1
White	2,858	1,313	1,545
Two More	117	55	62
Un-Known	146	72	74
Non-resident Alien	43	20	23

Southern Union State Community College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

588 students (14.45% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 1,841 students (45.24% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Southern Union State Community College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Southern Union State Community College
	Number of Students
Total	4,069
Enrolled Online Exclusively	588
Enrolled Some Online Courses	1,841
Not in Online Courses	1,640

By age range, at Southern Union State Community College, 1,490 students are aged 20 to 24 (36.62% of total students), 1,824 students are aged below 20 (44.83%), 51 students are aged above 50 (2.41%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Southern Union State Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,069	1,776	2,293
Under 18	333	145	188
Age 18-19	1,491	690	801
Age 20-21	976	473	503
Age 22-24	514	226	288
Age 25-29	325	118	207
Age 30-34	177	48	129
Age 35-39	108	34	74
Age 40-49	94	24	70
Age 50-64	49	16	33
Over 64	2	2	0

Directory and Accreditation Information

Southern Union State Community College is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1994 - Current).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Southern Union State Community College.

750 Roberts St, Wadley, AL

256-395-2211

School Website

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Financial Aid Information

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

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