SOWELA Technical Community College Overview

Located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, SOWELA Technical Community College is a public institution. The city atmosphere of Lake Charles makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

What Is SOWELA Technical Community College Known For?

• The highest award offered at SOWELA is the undergraduate certificate.
• In <nil>, 62% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is SOWELA Technical Community College?

Contact details for SOWELA are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	3820 Senator J. Bennett Johnston Ave, Lake Charles, LA 70615
Phone:	337-421-6565
Website:	www.sowela.edu

How Do I Get Into SOWELA?

You can apply to SOWELA online at: www.sowela.edu/admissions/how-to-enroll/application/

As long as you submit the requested materials to SOWELA Technical Community College when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford SOWELA Technical Community College?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At SOWELA, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $7,958 a year. That adds up to $31,832 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SOWELA is 8.9%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

SOWELA Technical Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,068 undergraduate students at SOWELA, with 1,470 being full-time and 1,598 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,470 full-time undergraduates at SOWELA, 51% are male and 49% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of SOWELA Technical Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	14
Black or African American	297
Hispanic or Latino	61
White	994
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	84

Over 10 countries are represented at SOWELA. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Vietnam, and Nepal.

Online Learning at SOWELA Technical Community College

In 2020-2021, 1,605 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at SOWELA has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 23rd most popular in Louisiana for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of SOWELA

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at SOWELA Technical Community College was 41.0%. This is the #751 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SOWELA regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.