Southwestern College
Private College in Winfield, KS. Six-year graduation rate 36%. Median 10-year earnings $55,646.
Students who entered Southwestern College land at a median of $55,646 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Only 36% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Graduates carry a median of $25,000 in debt — in line with the national norm. On economic mobility, 2.7% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Southwestern College accepts 76% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. With 1,452 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. A 19% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Only 36% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. Just 56% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. The 46% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. A 10:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,026 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $29,488 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Income makes less difference than usual: $26,294 at $0–30k, $32,739 at $110k+. 71% of students receive grant aid, averaging $23,580 — common but not automatic. About 49% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 195 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $26,294 |
| $30–48k | $28,688 |
| $48–75k | $30,032 |
| $75–110k | $31,315 |
| $110k+ | $32,739 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 504 of these 1,026 students, totalling $3,644,235 — an average of $7,231 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cowley County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)