Southwestern Oregon Community College Overview

Southwestern Oregon Community College is a public institution located in Coos Bay, Oregon. The location of SWOCC is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

What Is Southwestern Oregon Community College Known For?

• The 4% student loan default rate at SWOCC 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.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the associate's degree is the highest award a student can attain at SWOCC.
• For the <nil> academic year, 100% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Southwestern Oregon Community College?

Contact details for SWOCC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1988 Newmark Ave, Coos Bay, OR 97420-2193
Phone:	541-888-2525
Website:	www.socc.edu

How Do I Get Into SWOCC?

You can apply to SWOCC online at: https://mylakerlink.socc.edu/ICS/Admissions/

Since Southwestern Oregon Community College has an open admissions policy, you should not have any trouble getting into the school as long as you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Can I Afford Southwestern Oregon Community College?

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 SWOCC, approximately 28% of students took out student loans averaging $6,510 a year. That adds up to $26,040 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SWOCC is 4.1%. 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 Oregon Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,490 undergraduate students at SWOCC, with 797 being full-time and 693 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 797 full-time undergraduates at SWOCC, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	14
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	116
White	490
International Students	35
Other Races/Ethnicities	126

Over 9 countries are represented at SWOCC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Japan, Canada, and China.

Online Learning at Southwestern Oregon Community College

In 2020-2021, 1,056 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 8th most popular in Oregon for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of SWOCC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Southwestern Oregon Community College was 55.8%. This is the #622 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SWOCC 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.