by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Southwestern University was awarded 3 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general business/commerce.
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Southwestern landed the #1,001 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.
Out of the 115 colleges in Texas, Southwestern is ranked at #35.
Southwestern University has an acceptance rate of 45%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Southwestern.
About 39% of students accepted to Southwestern submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 685. Math scores were between 550 and 670.
At Southwestern, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 11 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.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Southwestern University is 83%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Southwestern University has a freshmen retention rate of 79%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Southwestern for first-time, full-time students is 66%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,506 undergraduates at Southwestern with 1,488 being full-time and 18 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $22,667 | $23,294 | $24,803 | $26,069 | $36,202 |
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, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Southwestern, approximately 53% of students took out student loans averaging $7,269 a year. That adds up to $29,076 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Southwestern are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1001 E. University Avenue, Georgetown, TX 78626 |
| Phone: | 512-863-6511 |
| Website: | https://www.southwestern.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Business/Commerce | 60 | $47,056 |
| General Psychology | 34 | $30,373 |
| General Biology | 27 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 26 | NA |
| General Education | 22 | $50,984 |
| Political Science & Government | 21 | $34,415 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 20 | $34,050 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 18 | NA |
| History | 17 | NA |
| Economics | 16 | NA |
This is a decrease from the 21 students who took online classes the previous year.
Learn more about online learning at Southwestern University.
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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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