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Southwestern Community College landed the #1,742 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Southwestern Community College held the #1,907 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Southwestern Community College is also ranked #66 out of 93 schools in North Carolina.
If you are worried about getting into Southwestern Community College, 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.
At Southwestern Community College, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 10 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Southwestern Community College is 19%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Southwestern Community College this rate is 58%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,259 undergraduates at Southwestern Community College with 643 being full-time and 1,616 being part-time.
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 Southwestern Community College, 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 Southwestern Community College, approximately 5% of students took out student loans averaging $4,005 a year. That adds up to $16,020 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Southwestern Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 447 College Drive, Sylva, NC 28779 |
| Phone: | 828-339-4000 |
| Website: | https://www.southwesterncc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 152 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 144 | NA |
| Accounting | 53 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 43 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 37 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 36 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 35 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 32 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 29 | NA |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 26 | 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 2022-2023, 1,357 students took at least one online class at Southwestern Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,549 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,357 | 735 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,549 | 914 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,448 | 759 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,133 | 524 |
Learn more about online learning at Southwestern Community College.
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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