Tidewater Tech-Trades Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt
- Private for-profit school
- Norfolk, VA
- 367 undergraduates
College Scorecard June 2026 release
The short answer
4 Tidewater Tech-Trades certificate programs report what graduates earn. Construction Finishing and Inspection pays the most in the first year ($35,172), and HVAC the least ($30,448). The median program pays $31,400.
All 4 certificate programs, ranked
Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Virginia" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Virginia. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.
Program names link to the program's own page, and Virginia ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Virginia programs in the field do too.
Common questions
Construction Finishing and Inspection graduates earn a median of $35,172 in their first year, the most of 4 Tidewater Tech-Trades certificate programs that report pay.
Construction Finishing and Inspection and Welding and Machining graduates leave with a median of $9,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 4 Tidewater Tech-Trades certificate programs that report debt.
Tuition and fees are $16,337 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $26,366 a year.
4 certificate programs at Tidewater Tech-Trades report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Virginia rankings when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels