unitid 123800 · Chula Vista, CA · public 2-year · city (large)
Southwestern College
- enrollment 2023
- 23,693
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
18,614
98th pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
36%
undergrads on Pell grants
69th pctl among public 2-years
completion
36%
finish within 150% time
44th pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$22,104
96th pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$12,671
after aid, aided students
86th pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$40,060
after entry, Title IV students
61st pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$4,500
1st pctl among public 2-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $11,380 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 2-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k60%
- 30-48k24%
- 48-75k14%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $19,400
- First-generation students
- 57%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $1,344
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 8.9× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 458 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 280 | $52,315 | — |
| Psychology, General. | 199 | $29,090 | $12,500 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 189 | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 155 | $59,282 | — |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 133 | — | — |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | 131 | — | — |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants. | 122 | — | — |
| Biological and Physical Sciences. | 117 | — | — |
| Sociology. | 102 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 62 | — | $10,616 |
| Human Services, General. | 49 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.