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Southwestern College Overview

Southwestern College is a public institution located in Chula Vista, California. Chula Vista is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Southwestern College Known For?

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  • The 4% student loan default rate at SWC Chula Vista is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
  • The associate's degree is the highest award offered at SWC Chula Vista.
  • For the <nil> academic year, 26% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Southwestern College?

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Contact details for SWC Chula Vista are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 900 Otay Lakes Rd., Chula Vista, CA 91910-7299
Phone: 619-421-6700
Website: www.swccd.edu

How Do I Get Into SWC Chula Vista?

You can apply to SWC Chula Vista online at: https://www.swccd.edu/index.aspx?page=279

Southwestern 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 Southwestern College?

4.2% Loan Default Rate

The student loan default rate at SWC Chula Vista is 4.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Southwestern College Undergraduate Student Diversity

6,001 Full-Time Undergraduates
57% Women
92% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 15,985 undergraduate students at SWC Chula Vista, with 6,001 being full-time and 9,984 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 6,001 full-time undergraduates at SWC Chula Vista, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Southwestern College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 690
Black or African American 254
Hispanic or Latino 4,283
White 391
International Students 11
Other Races/Ethnicities 372

Over 17 countries are represented at SWC Chula Vista. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, China, and Argentina.

Online Learning at Southwestern College

4,457 Took All Classes Online
9,981 Took At Least One Class Online
7.8% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 9,981 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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Online Growth Rankings of SWC Chula Vista

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Southwestern College was 7.8%. This is the #1,471 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SWC Chula Vista 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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