Career Programs at SWCC

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Southwestern Community College is $7,248 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.

Southwestern Community College offers the alternative tuition plans .

39% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $6,045 (exclude student loans).

SWCC 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$7,248
Average Financial Amount	$6,045

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Southwestern Community College offers 16 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate and 1-2 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 404 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Southwestern Community College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	7	1	80
2 Years Certificate	9	0	77
Total	16	1	404

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

80 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
77 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
247 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	12	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Carpentry/Carpenter	✕	13	-
Electrician	✕	10	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology	✕	0	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	19	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	24	-
Business [+]	✔	2 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	2	-
	Total	80

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	6	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Carpentry/Carpenter	✕	1	-
Electrician	✕	5	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology	✕	0	-
Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	7	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	8	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	48 completers	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	48	-
Business [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	1	-
	Total	77

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✔ (1 completers)	12 completers	-
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	✔	6	-
Animal/Livestock Husbandry and Production	✕	5	-
Agronomy and Crop Science	✕	1	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	2	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	5	-
Education [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	1	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	1 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	1	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✔ (1 completers)	137 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✔	137	-
General Studies	✕	0	-
Psychology [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Psychology	✕	3	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	7	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Carpentry/Carpenter	✕	4	-
Electrician	✕	5	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology	✕	4	-
Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	7	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	3	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Music	✕	2	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	40 completers	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	40	-
Business [+]	✔	12 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	9	-
Accounting	✔	2	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	0	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	1	-
Management Information Systems	✕	0	-
	Total	247

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 1,581 students are attending at Southwestern Community College. There are 39 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 60 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 17 to 1 (5.88%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 144 (full-time) and 96 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Southwestern Community College is 52% and transfer-out rate is 13%. The retention rate is 66% at the school.

SWCC 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	1,581
Graduation Rate	52%
Number of Faculty	99
Student to Faculty Ratio	17 to 1

Student Population at SWCC

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 1,542 students enrolled into Southwestern Community College. By gender, 646 male and 896 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Southwestern Community College.

Student Population By Gender
Southwestern Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,542	646	896
Full-time	607	260	347
Part-tme	935	386	549

There are 1,316 White (85.34%), 40 Black/African American (2.59%), 99 Hispanic (6.42%), 12 Asian (0.78%), and 172 students with other races attending Southwestern Community College. 28 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Southwestern Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,542	646	896
American Indian/Native American	5	1	4
Asian	12	7	5
Black/African American	40	22	18
Hispanic	99	55	44
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	2	0
White	1,316	530	786
Two More	26	11	15
Un-Known	14	5	9
Non-resident Alien	28	13	15

Southwestern Community College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

521 students (33.79% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 381 students (24.71% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Southwestern Community College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Southwestern Community College
	Number of Students
Total	1,542
Enrolled Online Exclusively	521
Enrolled Some Online Courses	381
Not in Online Courses	640

By age range, at Southwestern Community College, 237 students are aged 20 to 24 (15.37% of total students), 1,087 students are aged below 20 (70.49%), 13 students are aged above 50 (1.69%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Southwestern Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,542	646	896
Under 18	587	255	332
Age 18-19	500	249	251
Age 20-21	176	83	93
Age 22-24	61	20	41
Age 25-29	59	9	50
Age 30-34	51	6	45
Age 35-39	42	10	32
Age 40-49	53	10	43
Age 50-64	13	4	9

Directory and Accreditation Information

Southwestern Community College is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1975 - Current[Estimated Date]).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Southwestern Community College.

1501 West Townline Street, Creston, IA

641-782-7081

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Financial Aid Information

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

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