Southwest Tech Foundation

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• Are you aware that for every one (1) job that requires a post-graduate degree, there are two (2) jobs that require a bachelor’s degree and seven (7) jobs that require a skilled certificate?
• Our poverty rate is 18.4% in Iron County
• 60% of Southwest Tech certificate earners find employment in our four-county region, 70% when you add surrounding counties to our four-county region and over 80% in the state of Utah
• Technical education and industry go hand in hand as a skilled workforce is required for the health and future growth of our local economy.