Southwestern Illinois College Overview
Located in Belleville, Illinois, Southwestern Illinois College is a public institution. Belleville is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.
What Is Southwestern Illinois College Known For?
- The associate's degree is the highest award offered at SWIC.
- For the 2017-2018 academic year, 27% of the faculty were full-time.
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Southwestern Illinois College Rankings
Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.
Program Level Awards
These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at SWIC.
Awards From Around the Web
The following table lists some notable awards SWIC has earned from around the web.
Rank | Ranking Name | Source |
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#5 | Best Value Colleges for Biological & Physical Science | College Factual |
#8 | Best Value Colleges for Communications Technologies & Support | College Factual |
#13 | Best Value Colleges for Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies | College Factual |
#13 | Best Value Colleges for Foreign Languages & Linguistics | College Factual |
#90 | Best Value Colleges for Computer & Information Sciences | College Factual |
#110 | Best Value Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities | College Factual |
Where Is Southwestern Illinois College?

Contact details for SWIC are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | 2500 Carlyle Ave, Belleville, IL 62221-5899 |
Phone: | 618-235-2700 |
How Do I Get Into SWIC?
You can apply to SWIC online at: https://www.swic.edu/apply
Can I Afford Southwestern Illinois College?
Student Loan Debt
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At SWIC, approximately 14% of students took out student loans averaging $3,844 a year. That adds up to $15,376 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at SWIC is 20.5%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.
Southwestern Illinois College Undergraduate Student Diversity

Gender Diversity
Of the 3,037 full-time undergraduates at SWIC, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity
The racial-ethnic breakdown of Southwestern Illinois College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 40 |
Black or African American | 501 |
Hispanic or Latino | 190 |
White | 1,973 |
International Students | 16 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 317 |
Over 6 countries are represented at SWIC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Brazil, Colombia, and Italy.
Online Learning at Southwestern Illinois College
The following chart shows how the online learning population at SWIC has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of SWIC
The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Southwestern Illinois College was 31.6%. This is the #858 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SWIC 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%.
Southwestern Illinois College Undergraduate Concentrations
The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.
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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