Southern Technical College - Sanford

"I went and graduated from stc for welding. The program was a mess and calling is disorganized would be an understatement. I constantly blew up the student surveys and talked with the instructors. Nothing ever changed and was constantly given the escuse that they hadn't taught the course before. The following statement should sum of the school. I graduated Feb of 2022, and so did my girlfriend. Yet, neither of us have ever received our degrees. The school has zero issue calling to hound us about whether or not we are in our field to get their placement numbers up. Yet we can't even get them to send us our degrees we earned. I also ended up owing the VA money because of a paperwork issue that the school messed up on. After going back and forth with the school over the course of a year they still couldn't get it right. So I opted to pay the money just to get passed this headache. Meeting my girlfriend at this school was the only thing that saved me from regretting attending. However, find a different school elsewhere. This one should be considered the poster child for for-profit school. Take your money and give you the bare minimum in return. Also, alot of the five star reviews are submitted by the staff. Patsy is the director of course she's going to give it five stars. Update - my girlfriend is now my wife of two months! We still never got our degrees but gave up. I still get emails from them updating me on class schedules as though I'm still attending and didn't graduate 2 years ago, so obviously I still stand behind my review."

"I have had the opportunity to on-bord several students from southern tech Sanford school. Each of them in there own way have been a wonderful asset to my team. I appreciate the partnership and support of the school. They provide what is needed to help with the very basics of HVAC. I certainly will continue to participate and partner with the school as our industry is facing a huge shortage of skilled professionals to provide services for our community. Thanks STU."

"Southern Technical College, Help become a CCMA. This school is very hands on and feels like a big family. They take the time to make sure you understand everything thing and to provide you with the best education. Also to make sure you are prepared to work in the field. I would give this Job a A+"

"When I read the few negative comments about this school, my mind is blown. I have witnessed first hand the student successes. I have spoken to students directly who have graduated and are working in the field. I have spoken to students directly who are currently in school that sing the praises of how much the faculty and staff support the student body when they were down and out and at their lowest point. The teachers push you, the director of education pushes you, the Executive Director pushes you. Sometimes the faculty and staff want to see the student succeed more than the student wants it and the faculty and staff go above and beyond to help these students finish college. The Career Services department at this school is amazing. I have never met anyone like Nancy and Vicki before. They are so willing to give their ALL to help these students get hired. They actually have a free food pantry in their office to make sure hungry students can eat, they have free clothes and I have seen shoes to make sure students can dress properly to interview. They have successfully job placed over 80% of the graduates in every single program. If a student does not graduate, it's not because of the school. People need to focus on the 100 positive comments, not the 5 or 6 negative comments. Isolated events from mad students should not affect your decision to come to this school. Southern Tech in Sanford, keep doing what you are doing. I am impressed."

"Currently attending the vet program here. The teachers are amazing, and value hands on learning. They really want to see you succeed and push you to do so. The valuable relationships you will make here with the teachers is worth the cost of the schooling… valuable information paired with staff that strive to push your life in the direction you’re ready to go in. The picture I attached is my kitty chilling in class… he loves my teachers!"