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Southwest Tennessee Community College Overview

Southwest Tennessee Community College is a public institution situated in Memphis, Tennessee. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Southwest Tennessee Community College Known For?

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  • The highest award offered at Southwest is the associate's degree.
  • For the <nil> academic year, 44% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Southwest Tennessee Community College?

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Contact details for Southwest are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 5983 Macon Cove, Memphis, TN 38134
Phone: 901-333-5000
Website: www.southwest.tn.edu

How Do I Get Into Southwest?

You can apply to Southwest online at: www.southwest.tn.edu/apply-online.php

Southwest Tennessee Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Southwest Tennessee Community College?

Southwest Tennessee Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

3,017 Full-Time Undergraduates
61% Women
70% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 7,168 undergraduate students at Southwest, with 3,017 being full-time and 4,151 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 3,017 full-time undergraduates at Southwest, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Southwest Tennessee Community College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 76
Black or African American 1,651
Hispanic or Latino 264
White 855
International Students 20
Other Races/Ethnicities 151

Over 30 countries are represented at Southwest. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, and China.

Online Learning at Southwest Tennessee Community College

2,295 Took All Classes Online
4,573 Took At Least One Class Online
52.4% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 4,573 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Southwest has changed over the last few years.

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Online Growth Rankings of Southwest

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Southwest Tennessee Community College was 52.4%. This is the #651 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Southwest regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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