by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Southwest University at El Paso was awarded 2 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is other registered nursing, nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing.
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College Factual ranked Southwest University at El Paso as #2,196 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Southwest University at El Paso held the #2,209 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Southwest University at El Paso is also ranked #114 out of 115 schools in Texas.
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If you are worried about getting into Southwest University at El Paso, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
The student to faculty ratio at Southwest University at El Paso is about average at 16 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
The freshmen retention rate of 89% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Southwest University at El Paso enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Southwest University at El Paso the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 55%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Southwest University at El Paso.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,558 full-time undergraduates at Southwest University at El Paso.
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 Southwest University at El Paso, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Southwest University at El Paso, approximately 76% of students took out student loans averaging $10,291 a year. That adds up to $41,164 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Southwest University at El Paso is 3.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Southwest University at El Paso are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1414 Geronimo, El Paso, TX 79925 |
| Phone: | 915-778-4001 |
| Website: | southwestuniversity.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 30 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 30 | NA |
| Nursing | 5 | NA |
| Accounting | 0 | NA |
| Other Computer & Information Sciences | 0 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 0 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 0 | NA |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 0 | NA |
| Information Technology | 0 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 0 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 1,432 students took at least one online class at Southwest University at El Paso. This is an increase from the 17 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,432 | 28 |
| 2019-2020 | 17 | 17 |
| 2018-2019 | 18 | 18 |
| 2017-2018 | 18 | 18 |
| 2016-2017 | 27 | 27 |
Learn more about online learning at Southwest University at El Paso.
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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