unitid 451556 · El Paso, TX · private for-profit 4-year · city (large)
Southwest University at El Paso
- enrollment 2023
- 2,862
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private for-profit 4-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
2,073
83rd pctl among private for-profit 4-years
Pell share
82%
undergrads on Pell grants
93rd pctl among private for-profit 4-years
completion
59%
finish within 150% time
66th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$23,987
10th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$16,906
after aid, aided students
13th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$29,648
after entry, Title IV students
14th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
median grad debt
$20,000
43rd pctl among private for-profit 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 $16,569 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private for-profit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k68%
- 30-48k19%
- 48-75k8%
- 75-110k3%
- 110k+2%
- Median family income
- $16,246
- First-generation students
- 51%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $16,000
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.5× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services. | 311 | $28,943 | $18,250 |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 86 | $27,304 | $20,000 |
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians. | 59 | $34,193 | $20,000 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 49 | $61,551 | $44,863 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions. | 49 | $33,010 | $26,496 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 36 | — | $46,551 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 25 | — | — |
| Precision Metal Working. | 24 | — | — |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 21 | — | — |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 18 | $28,877 | $20,000 |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other. | 13 | — | — |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services. | 10 | $27,546 | — |
— 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.