Southwestern Oregon Community College Business Programs

Southwestern Oregon Community College is a public institution situated in Coos Bay, Oregon. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Coos Bay draws many to the area.

Where Is Southwestern Oregon Community College?

Contact details for SWOCC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1988 Newmark Ave, Coos Bay, OR 97420-2193
Phone:	541-888-2525
Website:	www.socc.edu

How Do I Get Into SWOCC?

You can apply to SWOCC online at: https://mylakerlink.socc.edu/ICS/Admissions/

Southwestern Oregon 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 Oregon 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 SWOCC, approximately 31% of students took out student loans averaging $5,217 a year. That adds up to $20,868 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SWOCC is 10.1%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Southwestern Oregon Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,537 undergraduate students at SWOCC, with 809 being full-time and 728 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 809 full-time undergraduates at SWOCC, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	13
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	117
White	542
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	107

Over 9 countries are represented at SWOCC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Japan, Canada, and China.

Online Learning at Southwestern Oregon Community College

In 2019-2020, 1,172 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 15th most popular in Oregon for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of SWOCC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Southwestern Oregon Community College was 55.8%. This is the #525 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SWOCC regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at SWOCC 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 SWOCC.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services	#5
Entrepreneurship	#25
Entrepreneurial Studies	#33
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	#34
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	#47
Business Support & Assistant Services	#52
Accounting	#76
Accounting	#119
General Business Administration and Management	#285
Business Administration & Management	#384

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 Oregon Community College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
Office Administration	5	0	0	5
General Business Administration and Management	0	4	0	4
Entrepreneurship	0	4	0	4
Accounting	0	3	0	3
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	0	0	3	3
General Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	3	0	0	3
Retailing and Retail Operations	2	0	0	2
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	0	0	0	0
Business & Office Technology	0	0	0	0
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services	0	0	0	0
General Hospitality Administration/Management	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	10	11	3	24

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.