Southwestern Community College Business Programs

Southwestern Community College is a public institution situated in Creston, Iowa. The surrounding location of Creston is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

Southwestern Community College Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at SWCC.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#75	Best Value Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Southwestern Community College?

Contact details for SWCC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1501 West Townline Street, Creston, IA 50801
Phone:	641-782-7081
Website:	www.swcciowa.edu

How Do I Get Into SWCC?

You can apply to SWCC online at: you.swcciowa.edu/ICS/Admissions

Southwestern Community College has an open admissions policy, so you don't have to worry about getting into the school if you have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Can I Afford Southwestern Community College?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At SWCC, approximately 57% of students took out student loans averaging $5,265 a year. That adds up to $21,060 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SWCC is 14.3%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Southwestern Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,503 undergraduate students at SWCC, with 621 being full-time and 882 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 621 full-time undergraduates at SWCC, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Southwestern Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	9
Black or African American	49
Hispanic or Latino	54
White	464
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

Online Learning at Southwestern Community College

In 2019-2020, 978 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at SWCC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 8th most popular in Iowa for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of SWCC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Southwestern Community College was 8.3%. This is the #1,285 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SWCC regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at SWCC ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at SWCC.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	#19
Agricultural Economics & Business	#47
Accounting	#325

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Southwestern Community College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	2	9	0	11
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	0	6	0	6
Accounting	0	2	0	2
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	0	1	1	2
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	0	0	0	0
General Management Information Systems	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2	18	1	21

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.