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Southwestern College

900 Otay Lakes Rd., Chula Vista, CA 91910 · Public 2-year · (619) 421-6700 · School website

Average net price

$12,671

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

351

2023-24, IPEDS

Finish on time

35.5%

within 150% of normal time, Scorecard

Students with Pell

35.8%

share of undergraduates, Scorecard

Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Credit for military training (IPEDS) Open admission (IPEDS)

Career programs at Southwestern College

Southwestern College reported 351 certificate and associate completions in 9 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in EMT and paramedic (129). College Scorecard counts 18,614 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr
EMT and paramedic	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	129	Not published
CNA	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	80	Not published
Culinary	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	35	Not published
LPN/LVN	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	34	Not published
Automotive	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	25	Not published
Surgical tech	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	17	Not published
Medical assistant	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	16	Not published
IT support	Associate	Not reported	Not reported	9	Not published
Billing and coding	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	6	Not published

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at Southwestern College

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $1,344
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $1,344
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS: $10,640
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $1,210
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $12,671
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs: $4,500
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $40,060

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

Southwestern College net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)
Veterans and military page (link from IPEDS)

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.

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