by our College Data Analytics Team
College 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.
Southwestern College was awarded 216 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is criminal justice.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, SWC Chula Vista is ranked #295 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when SWC Chula Vista held the #332 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 168 colleges in California, SWC Chula Vista is ranked at #48.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Southwestern College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
The student to faculty ratio at Southwestern College is 22 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
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 Southwestern College is 28%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Southwestern College is 70%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 17,621 undergraduates at SWC Chula Vista with 6,403 being full-time and 11,218 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $4,197 | $4,606 | $7,800 | $9,765 | $10,999 |
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 SWC Chula Vista, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
The student loan default rate at SWC Chula Vista is 9.2%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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: | https://www.swccd.edu/ |
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 2020-2021, 9,981 students took at least one online class at Southwestern College. This is an increase from the 7,659 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 9,981 | 4,457 |
| 2019-2020 | 7,659 | 2,470 |
| 2018-2019 | 6,583 | 1,972 |
| 2017-2018 | 6,314 | 1,814 |
| 2016-2017 | 6,123 | 1,822 |
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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