Inside Academics at Southwestern College

All About Academics

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

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 Resources

With 11 students per faculty member, Southwestern College is about average, as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. Southwestern College employs 100% of its instructors full time, above the national average of 47%.

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

Majors and Fields of Study

Southwestern College offers 35 majors with reported completions across 17 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at Southwestern College are summarised below:

Ranked by number of graduates, these are the most popular majors at Southwestern College.

For the complete list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers, see the academic majors report.

More to Consider

Before you decide, here are a few more questions to consider about academics at Southwestern College:

• Need flexibility? Check whether Southwestern College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 367 undergraduates study at least partly online. See distance learning options.
• Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Southwestern College retains and graduates its students — 56% of full-time freshmen return). Explore graduation rates.
• Will a degree land you a job? Ask how many graduates were employed full time a year after finishing.

Explore Further at Southwestern College

Use the pages below to go deeper on any academic topic:

• Academic Majors at Southwestern College — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
• Faculty & Class Sizes at Southwestern College — how the teaching staff is structured
• Graduation and Retention at Southwestern College — how well the school retains and graduates students
• Distance Learning at Southwestern College — what online and distance learning is available
• Accreditation Detail at Southwestern College — the schools accreditation and what it means