Southwest Mississippi Community College

As published · retrieved 2026-08-26

What the record says

Net price, per year

$2,525

Average paid after grant aid, across all first-time students at this institution.

Published tuition

$4,080 in-state · $6,780 out

Before tools, books, exam fees and living costs.

Completion rate

56%

Finished within 150% of normal time. Institution-wide, all programs.

Earnings, 10 years after starting

$33,227

Institution-wide and measured from entry, so it includes people who never finished. Not specific to this program.

Credential

Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma

Our estimate · net price only

Four years from now

This is a one-year program. Over four years you would pay $2,525 in net price.

We do not show what you would earn afterwards, because nobody publishes year-one earnings for a specific program. Guessing it would be the kind of number this site exists to avoid. The Mississippi median below is what the job pays across the whole state, for workers at every stage of a career.

The occupation, not this program

What welders earn in Mississippi

$51,100median, per year

Half earn more, half less, across all experience levels. National median $53,750.

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · SOC 51-4121 · survey 2025-05 · retrieved 2026-08-26

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