by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Southwestern Illinois College was awarded 16 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is multi / interdisciplinary studies.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, SWIC is ranked #1,145 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when SWIC held the #1,696 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
SWIC is also ranked #44 out of 85 schools in Illinois.
If you are worried about getting into Southwestern Illinois 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.
The student to faculty ratio at Southwestern Illinois College is about average at 17 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.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Southwestern Illinois College is 34%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Southwestern Illinois College is 63%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,906 undergraduates at SWIC with 3,037 being full-time and 3,869 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,128 | $6,233 | $8,406 | $11,582 | $11,562 |
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 SWIC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At SWIC, approximately 12% of students took out student loans averaging $4,068 a year. That adds up to $16,272 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for SWIC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2500 Carlyle Ave, Belleville, IL 62221-5899 |
| Phone: | 618-235-2700 |
| Website: | https://www.swic.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 440 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 279 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 278 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 221 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 152 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 138 | NA |
| Biological & Physical Science | 116 | NA |
| Fire Protection | 114 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 94 | NA |
| Nursing | 67 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 3,115 students took at least one online class at Southwestern Illinois College. This is a decrease from the 3,210 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,115 | 1,322 |
| 2021-2022 | 3,210 | 1,357 |
| 2020-2021 | 3,646 | 1,416 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,354 | 594 |
Learn more about online learning at Southwestern Illinois 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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