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Southwest Institute of Healing Arts Data & Information Overview

This overview covers the essential stats on Southwest Institute of Healing Arts, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more. All you need to do to learn more about a stat is click on its tile, and you’ll be taken to another page that analyzes that data more closely. Also, you can use the links below to scroll to any section of this page.

How Well Is Southwest Institute of Healing Arts Ranked?

2025 Rankings

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Overall Quality

SWIHA was not ranked in College Factual's 2025 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.

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Is It Hard to Get Into SWIHA?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

Since Southwest Institute of Healing Arts has an open admissions policy, being accepted to the school isn't that hard. However, a full basic things - such as a high school diploma or equivalent - may be required. Also, go over your application to make sure it is complete before you submit it.

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Southwest Institute of Healing Arts Faculty

20 to 1 Student to Faculty

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Southwest Institute of Healing Arts is 20 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.

Retention and Graduation Rates at Southwest Institute of Healing Arts

83% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

Southwest Institute of Healing Arts has a freshmen retention rate of 83%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  83 out of 100
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Southwest Institute of Healing Arts Undergraduate Student Diversity

541 Full-Time Undergraduates
32.7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
92.6% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 846 undergraduates at SWIHA with 541 being full-time and 305 being part-time.

How Much Does Southwest Institute of Healing Arts Cost?

$53,616 Net Price
64% Take Out Loans
$20,604 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of SWIHA is $53,616. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

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 SWIHA, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At SWIHA, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $5,151 a year. That adds up to $20,604 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do SWIHA Graduates Make?

$29,544 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from SWIHA with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $29,544 in their early years. This is about 40% less that the average pay for college graduates overall. However, graduates with your major may make more.

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Location of Southwest Institute of Healing Arts

Arizona State
541 Full-Time Undergraduates
Midsize City Campus Setting
Southwest Institute of Healing Arts is a private for-profit institution situated in Tempe, Arizona. Tempe is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

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Contact details for SWIHA are given below.

Contact Details
Address:1538 E. Southern Ave, Tempe, AZ 85282
Phone:480-994-9244
Website:swiha.edu/

Southwest Institute of Healing Arts Majors

6 Majors With Completions
928 Undergraduate Degrees
928 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 6 majors graduated from Southwest Institute of Healing Arts. Of these students, 928 received undergraduate degrees and 928 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular MajorsBachelor’s DegreesAverage Salary of Graduates
Cosmetology250NA
Alternative Medicine & Systems99NA
Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services53NA
Food, Nutrition & Related Services29NA
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies25NA
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies8NA

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Online Learning at SWIHA

39% Take At Least One Class Online
39% Take All Classes Online

Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.

In 2022-2023, 342 students took at least one online class at Southwest Institute of Healing Arts. This is an increase from the 320 students who took online classes the previous year.

YearTook at Least One Online ClassTook All Classes Online
2022-2023342342
2021-2022320320
2020-2021346346
2018-2019336336

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Notes and References

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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