Academic Life at Southwest University at El Paso

The Academic Picture

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Southwest University at El Paso: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

10 Majors With Completions

19:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

Use the sections below to explore each part of academic life in more detail, or follow a link to the full report on that topic:

Faculty Resources
Most Popular Majors
Additional Questions to Ask
Continue Your Research

Faculty and Teaching

At 19 to 1, the student-to-faculty ratio at Southwest University at El Paso is above the national average of 15 to 1.

For a deeper look at tenure, adjuncts and faculty composition, visit the faculty composition page.

Most Popular Majors

Southwest University at El Paso offers 10 majors with reported completions across 5 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at Southwest University at El Paso are summarised below:

Degree Level	Offered
Associate	✓
Bachelor’s	✓
Master’s	✓
Doctorate	—

The most popular majors at Southwest University at El Paso, measured by graduates, are listed below.

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	258
Health and Medical Administrative Services	122
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	58
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technology/Technician, General	40
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	37

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

Questions Worth Asking

As you weigh academic life at Southwest University at El Paso, a few more questions are worth asking:

Need flexibility? Check whether Southwest University at El Paso offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 2,073 undergraduates study at least partly online. See distance learning options.
Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Southwest University at El Paso retains and graduates its students — 64% of full-time freshmen return). See graduation and retention.
Will a degree land you a job? Ask how many graduates were employed full time a year after finishing.

Explore Further on Southwest University at El Paso

Follow the links below for a deeper look at a specific part of academic life:

Majors & Degree Programs at Southwest University at El Paso — every major and degree program offered
Faculty Composition at Southwest University at El Paso — how the teaching staff is structured
Graduation & Retention at Southwest University at El Paso — graduation and first-year retention rates
Distance Learning at Southwest University at El Paso — what online and distance learning is available
Accreditation at Southwest University at El Paso — accreditation status and accrediting bodies