Southwestern University
Southwestern University admitted 43% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1130–1300 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $29,435 a year. Within six years, 74% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 43%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1130–1300
- ACT middle 50%
- 26–30
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $71,580 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $29,435 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $21,387 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $56,944 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 74%
- Students who return for a second year
- 81%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $63,314 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,250
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,440
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 28%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 11 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 24%
- Social sciences
- 12%
- Psychology
- 12%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 9%
- Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness and kinesiology
- 9%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- University of South Florida FL · 43% admitted
- American College of the Building Arts SC · 44% admitted
- Howard University DC · 41% admitted
- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology NM · 45% admitted
- Texas Christian University TX · 45% admitted
- Illinois Wesleyan University IL · 39% admitted
More colleges in Texas
- Texas A&M University-College Station TX · 57% admitted
- The University of Texas at Austin TX · 27% admitted
- University of Houston TX · 74% admitted
- Texas State University TX · 89% admitted
- University of North Texas TX · 72% admitted
- Texas Tech University TX · 73% admitted
- The University of Texas at Arlington TX · 80% admitted
- The University of Texas at San Antonio TX · 87% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.