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Southwestern Community College Overview

Southwestern Community College is a public institution located in Creston, Iowa. Creston is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

What Is Southwestern Community College Known For?

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  • The 4% student loan default rate at SWCC 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 highest award offered at SWCC is the associate's degree.
  • In <nil>, 40% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Southwestern Community College?

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Contact details for SWCC are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1501 West Townline Street, Creston, IA 50801
Phone: 641-782-7081
Website: www.swcciowa.edu

How Do I Get Into SWCC?

You can apply to SWCC online at: you.swcciowa.edu/ICS/Admissions

Southwestern Community College has an open admissions policy, so you don't have to worry about getting into the school if you have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Can I Afford Southwestern Community College?

50% Take Out Loans
3.6% Loan Default Rate

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At SWCC, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $5,636 a year. That adds up to $22,544 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SWCC is 3.6%. 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 Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

607 Full-Time Undergraduates
57% Women
15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 1,542 undergraduate students at SWCC, with 607 being full-time and 935 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 607 full-time undergraduates at SWCC, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 3
Black or African American 30
Hispanic or Latino 49
White 480
International Students 25
Other Races/Ethnicities 20

Online Learning at Southwestern Community College

521 Took All Classes Online
902 Took At Least One Class Online
8.3% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 902 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the 10th most popular in Iowa for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of SWCC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Southwestern Community College was 8.3%. This is the #1,450 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SWCC 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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