Southwestern University

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Baccalaureate Colleges — Arts & Sciences

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Bachelor's degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Southwestern University Academics

There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Reduced Course Load, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center. An instance of this, the university has a Double Major, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, New York Semester, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification, Visiting/Exchange Student Program and Washington Semester. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. Southwestern University is unique in its study options. Further, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Minority Student Services, Personal Counseling and Placement Service can help.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Southwestern University.

Communications & Journalism:

Communications/Rhetoric

Computer Science:

Computer/Information Sciences – General

English Language and Literature:

English, English Language & Literature – General

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Athletic Training/Sports Medicine

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biology

Foreign Language and Literature:

Classics, French, German, Latin, Spanish

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Art – General, Art History/Criticism/Conservation, Drama/Theater Arts, Fine/Studio Arts, Music – General Performance, Music History/Literature

Social Sciences:

Anthropology, Economics, International Relations, Political Science/Government, Social Sciences – General, Sociology

Popular majors:

seventeen percent social sciences, fifteen percent communications per journalism, twelve percent business per marketing, seven percent english, six percent biology, six percent psychology, six percent visual and performing arts, five percent education, five percent history

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General

Physical Sciences:

Chemistry, Physics

History:

History – General

Philosphy and Religion:

Philosophy, Religion/Religious Studies

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Business – General

Education:

Education – General, Elementary Education, Music Teacher Education, Physical Education

Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 15th of February. Additionally, for international students, the application fee is 40. The cost per credit hour (overall) was $985 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for need-based aid last fall.

Southwestern University Admissions

This school did not report their application fee. Transfer student are not ignored. For example, there were one hundred and eleven total number of transfer students who applied and sixty-five total number of transfer students who were admitted. Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 67%. Remember that this can change at any time.

It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, and make sure they are in by the 1st of March. Besides, make sure that if you are a transfer student and are participating in a financial aid program, your financial aid application is in by the 15th of May. Priority financial aid applications for transfer students are due the 1st of March. If you wish to apply early, your application will be do no later than the 1st of November, of which you should hear back from the university no later than the 1st of December. The regular application is due the 15th of February. the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 15th of February. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 1st of April and Regardless of which application you submit, this school will notify you by the 1st of April. Transfer students must apply no later than the Rolling admission, with priority applications due on the 1st of April.

Southwestern University Financial Aid

Financial aid distribution is at seventy percent scholarships per grants and thirty percent loans per jobs. Similarly, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Art and Music/Drama. Financial aid forms are FAFSA.

Southwestern University Students

The school’s size is approximately one thousand, two hundred and ninety-six degree-seeking undergrads and three hundred and twenty-nine first-time degree-seeking freshmen. Again, it is part of an Suburban setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus. In addition, the student body consists of ninety-three percent in-state students, seven percent out-of-state students, fifty-nine percent women, forty-one percent men, one percent american indian per alaskan native, four percent asian per pacific islander, two percent black per non-hispanic, thirteen percent hispanic, eighty percent white per non-hispanic, forty-seven percent in top 10th of graduating class, eighty-three percent in top quarter of graduating class and ninety-five percent in top half of graduating class. The university is a Private, Liberal Arts College, Four-year, United Methodist Church, Coed, where 67 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member. Southwestern University offers Bachelor’s degrees.

Students should note the housing policies: First-Year Students Guaranteed On-Campus Housing, one hundred percent of first-year students live in college housing, eighty percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Coed Housing, Men’s Housing, Women’s Housing, Apartments For Single Students, Fraternity/Sorority Housing, Special Housing For Disabled Students, one-MAY deadline for housing deposit, two hundred and fifty dollars amount of housing deposit, and First-time first-year students allowed to have car. In addition, the university has many unique facilites such as electronic classrooms, language learning center. This school features the Suburban setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus. On the whole, the school is located 28 miles from Austin.

Southwestern University Athletics

The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s NCAA Division III and Men’s Intercollegiate Baseball
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Basketball
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Cross_country
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Golf
• Men’s Intramural Racquetball
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Intramural Soccer
• Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Men’s Club Softball
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Table_tennis
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Track_and_field
• Men’s NCAA Division III and Women’s NCAA Division III Track_outdoor
• Women’s NCAA Division III and Women’s Intercollegiate Volleyball