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Located in Sylva, North Carolina, Southwestern Community College is a public institution. Sylva is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

Where Is Southwestern Community College?

Contact details for Southwestern Community College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	447 College Drive, Sylva, NC 28779
Phone:	828-339-4000
Website:	www.southwesterncc.edu

How Do I Get Into Southwestern Community College?

You can apply to Southwestern Community College online at: www1.cfnc.org/applications/NC_Community_College/apply.html?application_id=1527

Southwestern Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Southwestern Community College?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Southwestern Community College, approximately 9% of students took out student loans averaging $7,773 a year. That adds up to $31,092 over four years for those students.

Southwestern Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,504 undergraduate students at Southwestern Community College, with 626 being full-time and 1,878 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 626 full-time undergraduates at Southwestern Community College, 36% are male and 64% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Southwestern Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	9
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	42
White	486
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	81

Over 9 countries are represented at Southwestern Community College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Online Learning at Southwestern Community College

In 2022-2023, 1,357 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Southwestern Community College has changed over the last few years.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Southwestern Community College majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
General Educational Leadership & Administration	17%

Southwestern Community College Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
Early Childhood Education	10	4	5	19
Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching	18	0	0	18
General Educational Leadership & Administration	12	0	0	12
TOTAL	40	4	5	49

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.