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Southwestern Community College

1501 West Townline Street, Creston, IA 50801 · Public 2-year · (641) 782-7081 · School website

Average net price

$9,871

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

223

2023-24, IPEDS

Finish on time

59.3%

within 150% of normal time, Scorecard

Students with Pell

23.8%

share of undergraduates, Scorecard

Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Higher Learning Commission Credit for military training (IPEDS) Open admission (IPEDS) On Iowa's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025)

Career programs at Southwestern Community College

Southwestern Community College reported 223 certificate and associate completions in 7 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in electrician (49). College Scorecard counts 729 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr	Funding and results
Electrician	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	49	Not published	WIOA list
LPN/LVN	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	41	Not published	WIOA list
Welding	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	40	Not published	WIOA list
Carpentry	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	30	Not published	WIOA list
Automotive	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	26	Not published	WIOA list
CNA	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	26	Not published	WIOA list
IT support	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	11	Not published	WIOA list

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 Community College

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $8,064
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $8,064
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS: $8,316
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $1,386
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $9,871
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs: $10,975
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $40,129

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

Southwestern Community 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.

More Southwestern Community College programs on the WIOA list

People who meet WIOA's rules for training services can have their local workforce board pay for a program on the state's eligible training provider list. Limits vary by area. How WIOA training funds work.

Listed program	Tuition and fees	Length	Completed	Employed, 2nd quarter	Median earnings, 2nd quarter	Students who exited
CDL TrainingCommercial Driver's License (CDL) · Hybrid (in person and online) · CIP 49.0205	$2,000	4 weeks, 24 hours a week	90.9%	90.5%	$12,522	11

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171): programs on state lists as of June 30, 2025; outcomes for all students who exited between July 2021 and June 2025, not only WIOA-funded ones. Median earnings are one quarter's pay in the second quarter after exit. Suppressed means DOL withheld the figure (a small group, nothing reported, or a data quality hold); for length it can also mean a competency-based program. IPEDS does not list these program types at this campus. Matched to Southwestern Community College by provider name and place, by DOL's provider ID, or as another site of the school (its exact name or website, the only match in the state; "Listed at" names that site's town).