by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Southwest Tennessee Community College was awarded 7 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts.
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Southwest is ranked #883 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Southwest held the #1,298 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Southwest also holds the #13 spot on the Best Colleges in Tennessee ranking.
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If you are worried about getting into Southwest Tennessee Community College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
With a student to faculty ratio of 16 to 1, Southwest Tennessee Community College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Southwest Tennessee Community College is 44%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 48% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at Southwest Tennessee Community College. Students may have a variety of reasons for this, such as only intending to attend a school for one year while they brush up on certain subjects.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,371 undergraduates at Southwest with 3,243 being full-time and 4,128 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $4,964 | $5,789 | $7,191 | $7,403 | $7,760 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Southwest, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 600 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 114 | NA |
| Nursing | 88 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 49 | NA |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 39 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 29 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 21 | NA |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 16 | NA |
| Business Support & Assistant Services | 14 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 14 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 4,105 students took at least one online class at Southwest Tennessee Community College. This is a decrease from the 4,573 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 4,105 | 2,236 |
| 2021-2022 | 4,573 | 2,295 |
| 2020-2021 | 5,775 | 3,116 |
| 2018-2019 | 5,058 | 1,092 |
Learn more about online learning at Southwest Tennessee Community College.
Footnotes
*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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