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Southwest Tennessee Community College

  • 2 Year
  • Memphis, TN
  • 689 reviews
    C-
    Overall Niche Grade
    How are grades calculated?
    1. Professors
      C
    2. Value
      B-
    3. Diversity
      B
    4. Safety
      B
    5. Student Life
      C-
    6. Location
      B
    Southwest Tennessee is a public college located in Memphis, Tennessee. It is a small institution with an enrollment of 4,984 undergraduate students. The Southwest Tennessee acceptance rate is 100%. Popular majors include Liberal Arts and Humanities, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT Paramedic), and Nursing. Graduating 11% of students, Southwest Tennessee alumni go on to earn a starting salary of $21,400.
    About Southwest Tennessee Community College...
    Athletic Division
    NJCAA Division I
    Athletic Conference
    —
    Address
    737 Union Avenue
    Memphis, TN 38103
    Website
    southwest.tn.edu
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    Admissions

    Acceptance Rate
    100%
    SAT Range
    770-1060
    ACT Range
    14-18
    Application Fee
    $10
    SAT/ACT
    Recommended
    High School GPA
    Required

    Cost

    Net Price
    $4,964/ year
    National
    $15,523
    Average cost after financial aid for students receiving grant or scholarship aid, as reported by the college.
    Average Total Aid Awarded
    $5,640/ year
    National
    $7,535
    Students Receiving Financial Aid
    92%

    Academics

    Professors
    C
    Based on faculty accomplishments, salary, student reviews, and additional factors.
    Student Faculty Ratio
    22:1
    Evening Degree Programs
    Yes
    74%
    of students agree that professors put a lot of effort into teaching their classes.96 responses
    59%
    of students agree that it is easy to get the classes they want.86 responses
    63%
    of students agree that the workload is easy to manage.84 responses
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    Majors

    Most Popular Majors
    • Liberal Arts and Humanities
      552 Graduates
    • Emergency Medical Technician (EMT Paramedic)
      96 Graduates
    • Nursing
      89 Graduates
    • Business
      67 Graduates
    • Business Support Services
      62 Graduates
    • Electrical Engineering Technician
      41 Graduates
    • Computer Engineering Technician
      34 Graduates
    • Commercial and Advertising Art
      29 Graduates
    • Information Science
      27 Graduates
    • Accounting Technician and Bookkeeping
      24 Graduates

    Students

    Full-Time Enrollment
    4,984Undergrads
    Part-Time Undergrads
    4,115
    Undergrads Over 25
    18%
    Pell Grant
    70%
    Varsity Athletes
    2%
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    After College

    Median Earnings 6 Years After Graduation
    $25,700/ year
    National
    $33,028
    Graduation Rate
    11%
    National
    49%
    Employed 2 Years After Graduation
    88%
    National
    83%

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    Southwest Tennessee Community College Reviews

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    Southwest has a wide variety of degrees and certificates you can choose from. Depending on the campus you attend, it can range from very safe to fairly safe. For the most part the professors are great and very helpful, they really try their best to make sure their students succeed and understand what is going on. Their academic center is hands down great! They have FREE tutoring sessions throughout the week, including Saturday. All of these tutors have a degree and are VERY helpful. They have not only helped me become successful, but many other students their service. The classrooms are up to date and the campuses are very clean for the most part. I felt safe being on the main campus because of the amount of security on campus. I do recommend future students or transfer students to attend Southwest because it won't burn a hole in your financial budget, and the professors and staff make you feel at home.
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    Do to myself graduating as a freshmen, it's like i'm a ghost to certain people, i

    mean i'm not here for friendship, i came here to play sports. Being i went to

    summer school and the book simply said age doesn't matter if your student,

    i'm now 28 and i hear i'm too old when Lebron James is 30+, at least that's

    what the head women basketball coach said, here at Southwest Tennessee

    Community College. I feel if i was in athletics, like i was in high school, this

    would be a five star school, no question about!
    Application to southwest community college is straight forward. The requirements are out of the blue. The tuition is affordable even if one doesn’t qualify for the federal fund. I like being here because the classes are small and you get a chance of one on one with your professors. For evening classes, the corridors are land alleys are well lit for better security. Only negative thing i’ve So far experienced is some professors don’t use technology and prefer the old school way of teaching