Georgetown, TX · Private nonprofit
43%
Acceptance rate
1,269
SAT Average
$27,468
Avg net price
1,454
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 314 |
| Bachelor’s 74 |
| Bachelor’s 39 |
| Bachelor’s 36 |
| Bachelor’s 29 |
| Bachelor’s 28 |
| Bachelor’s 26 |
| Bachelor’s 17 |
| Bachelor’s 15 |
| Bachelor’s 9 |
| Bachelor’s 9 |
| Bachelor’s 9 |
| Bachelor’s 8 |
| Bachelor’s 7 |
| Bachelor’s 3 |
| Bachelor’s 3 |
| Bachelor’s 1 |
| Bachelor’s 1 |
| Bachelor’s 0 |
NCAA program details
NCAA program
Southwestern University (Texas)
- Primary division
- Division III
- Primary conference
- Southern Athletic Association
Projected sponsored sports21
Athletic participation
476 unique student-athletes · 20 varsity teams
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $53,288
- Required fees
- $525
- Food and housing
- $15,072
- Books and supplies
- $1,250
- Other expenses
- $1,730
- Total
- $71,865
- $57,8702019–2019–20
- $59,5802020–2120–21
- $61,7202021–2221–22
- $63,9502022–2322–23
- $67,6062023–2423–24
- $71,8652024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $27,468 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 65%
- Average share of need met
- 92.6%
- Average need-based grant
- $48,531
- Required forms
- FAFSA
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Southwestern University’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Southwestern University admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Southwestern University runs one binding Early Decision round and a nonbinding Early Action plan. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Southwestern University admits in-state applicants at 50.5%, out-of-state applicants at 44.4%, and international applicants at 6.5%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
368 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are required for some applicants. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, up from 39% in 2021–22, and an ACT, down from 23%.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
46% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
13% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Southwestern University’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 100% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 54.3% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.50
High-school class rank
Among the 54.3% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Southwestern University rates 5 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Class rank
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Standardized test scores
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Recommendation(s)
- Important
Nonacademic
- Interview
- Important
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Important
- Character / personal qualities
- Important
- First generation
- Important
- Alumni/ae relation
- Important
- Geographical residence
- Important
- State residency
- Important
- Volunteer work
- Important
- Level of applicant's interest
- Important
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
Southwestern University’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $79,080 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $27,468 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 238 of 368 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $79,080
Averages among the 238 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Southwestern University offers merit aid only: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Southwestern University admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
83% of Southwestern University’s first-years return for a second year and 69.3% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03