Southwestern University
Private College in Georgetown, TX. Six-year graduation rate 73%. Median 10-year earnings $56,878.
Ten years after entry, the median Southwestern University student earns $56,878 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. 73% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Graduates carry a median of $25,000 in debt — in line with the national norm.
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
- ! Mobility score 0.8 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
At 43%, the acceptance rate makes Southwestern University a school worth applying to with alternatives in hand. 6,313 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Yield is low at 14%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 44% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
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 | 580–670 | 165 (44%) |
| SAT Math | 550–630 | |
| ACT Composite | 26–30 | 47 (13%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Southwestern University →Academics
A 73% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Retention is strong at 81%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. A 21% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. The 11:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,454 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $32,228 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $22,478 at the $0–30k band to $36,332 at $110k+. Most students get help: 98% receive grants worth $32,015 on average. Federal borrowing reaches 46% of students.
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 · 402 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 | $22,478 |
| $30–48k | $19,096 |
| $48–75k | $28,175 |
| $75–110k | $30,387 |
| $110k+ | $36,332 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 664 of these 1,454 students, totalling $4,032,396 — an average of $6,073 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Williamson County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)