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Southwestern College
Chula Vista, CA · Public · 18,614 students · mostly associate degrees
148th-cheapest of 495 California colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$12,671
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$22,104
Graduation rate
36%
Admission rate
—
Median graduate earnings
$40,060
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$4,500
Pell grant recipients
36%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
207 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Associate's Degree62 grads/yr$113,302Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree16 grads/yr$89,953Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree0 grads/yr$85,029Computer Programming/Programmer, General · Bachelor's Degree23 grads/yr$83,746Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance · Bachelor's Degree19 grads/yr$80,322Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other · Bachelor's Degree13 grads/yr$77,689Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree108 grads/yr$73,596Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Bachelor's Degree18 grads/yr$63,138Dental Assisting/Assistant · Associate's Degree33 grads/yr$59,070Industrial and Organizational Psychology · Master's Degree9 grads/yr$56,149Business Administration and Management, General · Associate's Degree280 grads/yr$51,082Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering · Master's Degree31 grads/yr$51,082Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Associate's Degree155 grads/yr$49,689Sociology, General · Associate's Degree102 grads/yr$42,170Psychology, General · Associate's Degree199 grads/yr$41,995Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Associate's Degree35 grads/yr$41,171General Studies · Associate's Degree189 grads/yr$39,527Communication, General · Associate's Degree39 grads/yr$37,303Child Development · Associate's Degree32 grads/yr$33,801
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.