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Tidewater Tech-Trades

Norfolk, Virginia Private for-profit Less than 2-year Midsize city

Overview

Tidewater Tech-Trades is a private for-profit career and technical school in Norfolk, Virginia. The campus sits in a midsize city. It enrolled 367 students in fall 2024. It is part of Employment Services Inc..

Tidewater Tech-Trades offers certificates across 2 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Welding Technology and Automobile. It awarded 355 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 63% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1.

Mission

Tidewater Tech Trades helps adult students gain the skills and attitudes necessary for a meaningful entry-level career position. We strive to be responsive to the needs of our students, as well as businesses, industries, and government. We are committed to high academic standards in all curricular offerings, and we are dedicated to providing the services that support our students’ efforts to succeed.

Mission statement as reported by Tidewater Tech-Trades

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
367
Students enrolled
63%
First-year retention
355
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
2
Programs and majors
15:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

Campus

Program levels

Certificate

Programs and majors offered 2

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Precision Production 1
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
63%
Student-to-faculty ratio
15:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Certificates under 1 year
218
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
137

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
367
Undergraduates, fall 2024
367
Full-time, fall 2024
81%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,247
Full-time, 2024-25
67%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
15%
Men
85%
White
27%
Hispanic or Latino
12%
Black or African American
51%
Asian
2%
Two or more races
8%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
1%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
0%
Students taking some online courses
0%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Midsize city
Academic calendar
Semester
Part of
Employment Services Inc.
Campus Executive Director
Lenard Merritt
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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