unitid 155900 · Winfield, KS · private nonprofit 4-year · town (distant)
Southwestern College
- enrollment 2023
- 1,651
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
76%
53rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
924
48th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
41%
undergrads on Pell grants
66th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
36%
finish within 150% time
17th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$58,432
72nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$29,824
after aid, aided students
81st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$55,646
after entry, Title IV students
59th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$25,000
58th pctl among private nonprofit 4-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 $26,294 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k25%
- 30-48k17%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110k21%
- 110k+19%
- Median family income
- $39,347
- First-generation students
- 40%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $39,822
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.2× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 108 | $63,197 | $20,833 |
| Computer Programming. | 23 | — | $6,500 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 22 | $64,790 | $28,105 |
| Human Resources Management and Services. | 21 | $65,052 | — |
| Computer Science. | 20 | — | — |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. | 19 | — | — |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 19 | $49,923 | $31,875 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 18 | $61,894 | — |
| Social Sciences, Other. | 17 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 16 | $72,039 | — |
| Health/Medical Preparatory Programs. | 14 | — | — |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other. | 13 | — | — |
— 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
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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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.