Southwest University at El Paso
El Paso, TX · For-profit · Large city · SUEP
For-profit institution in El Paso, TX · 1,817 undergraduates · $29,648 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 3%Pell Grant share
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $17,803876th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $16,000989th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $16,000598th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $23,946621st cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $20,000625th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $29,6481,878th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $29,6111,756th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 65.6%567th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 63.8%1,483rd highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1,817994th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 19.0:11,798th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 79.1%57th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 345 mi (PHX)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 6 of 6 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public HealthHealth Professions | bachelors | $27,947 | $21,312 |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, OtherBusiness | bachelors | $27,181 | $24,615 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Southwest University at El Paso’s 1,817 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In TX
- Texas A&M University-TexarkanaTexarkana, TX · 1,748 undergrads
- St. Mary's UniversitySan Antonio, TX · 1,911 undergrads
- Texas A&M University-Central TexasKilleen, TX · 1,698 undergrads
- Texas Wesleyan UniversityFort Worth, TX · 1,671 undergrads
- Wayland Baptist UniversityPlainview, TX · 2,090 undergrads
- Galveston CollegeGalveston, TX · 1,524 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Benedictine UniversityLisle, IL · 1,817 undergrads
- Augustana UniversitySioux Falls, SD · 1,818 undergrads
- William Carey UniversityHattiesburg, MS · 1,818 undergrads
- Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, PA · 1,815 undergrads
- Marywood UniversityScranton, PA · 1,821 undergrads
- Massachusetts College of Art and DesignBoston, MA · 1,812 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitesouthwestuniversity.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 451556)
- Compare colleges in TXRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in TexasEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with Texas A&M University-TexarkanaSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Southwest University at El Paso vs Texas A&M University-TexarkanaHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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