Southwest University at El Paso

El Paso, TX · For-profit · 2,073 undergrads · website ↗

86% Hispanic undergrads
No application fee
Open admission

Does anyone get out?

The point of starting here is finishing somewhere else. This is how often that happens.

of students transfer to a four-year institution

What it costs

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	$16,569
$30,000 – $48,000	$20,912
$48,000 – $75,000	—
$75,000 – $110,000	—
Over $110,000	—
All incomes (average)	$16,906

Sticker tuition and fees: $16,000 in-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use Southwest University at El Paso's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

Net price calculator ↗

Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$4,340
Books and supplies	$1,400
Other expenses, off campus	$5,810

Outcomes

Completion rate: 59%
Students with Pell grants: 82%
Earnings @ 10yr: $29,648
Median debt: $20,000

Admission and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Open admission
Application fee: None
Students per faculty member: 20 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: —

What students study

Health & Nursing76%

Business6%

Computer Science2%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Associate degrees (11)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	254	$25,780	$33,726national $42,269	$17,958
Health and Medical Administrative Services	96	$30,624	$33,666national $37,073	$20,000
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	58	$49,255	$59,097national $65,389	$34,214
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians	40	$36,967	$40,705national $58,424	$20,000
Accounting and Related Services	32	$30,125	$35,818national $47,660	$20,000
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	30	$73,408	—national $80,813	$37,068
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions	27	$34,755	$36,823national $57,472	$24,590
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management	—	—	—national $54,726	$25,903
Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied Professions	—	$22,943	—national $48,724	$25,555
Public Health	—	—	—national $43,759	$19,998
Business/Commerce, General	—	—	—national $49,927	$20,000

Undergraduate certificates (2)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Precision Metal Working	22	$35,376	—national $48,702	$20,000
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	4	—	$28,664national $34,272	—

Bachelor's degrees (5)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Health and Medical Administrative Services	26	—	—national $58,716	$52,126
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	—	—	$86,015national $70,786	—
Public Health	—	$35,511	$40,984national $58,808	$50,312
Business/Commerce, General	—	—	—national $68,407	$46,347
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other	—	$36,093	$39,459national $69,830	$45,667

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 8 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed.

Best transfer rates elsewhere in TX

Austin Community College DistrictAustin30.2%Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands28.7%Tyler Junior CollegeTyler27.8%Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney26.5%Alvin Community CollegeAlvin26.2%Navarro CollegeCorsicana23.1%

Contact and accreditation

Address: 6101 Montana, El Paso, TX 79925
Phone: (915) 778-4001
Institutional accreditor: Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools

Where would you transfer to?

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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Transfer rate is the share of entrants transferring to a four-year institution; it is published for roughly a third of community colleges, and a blank means unpublished rather than zero. Which specific credits transfer is set by agreements between individual institutions and is not published nationally — confirm with both colleges before enrolling.

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