Southwestern College (KS) acceptance rate and your odds of getting in

Southwestern College (KS) is a private college in Kansas that admits most qualified applicants (around 76%), which puts it in the accessible range. A rate like this means it admits most qualified applicants; the bar is less about clearing a single cutoff and more about how your full profile compares to admitted students.

Use this page to see what Southwestern College (KS) weighs, where it ranks among Kansas schools, and how a profile like yours is likely to land. Admitted students post a 75th-percentile SAT around 1120, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

What are my chances at Southwestern College (KS) with a 3.1 GPA and a 1060 SAT?

About 93% (Safety), by CollegeCalcAI's deterministic model, for an applicant with a 3.1 unweighted GPA and a 1060 SAT, the middle of Southwestern College (KS)'s admitted range, applying Regular Decision without a hook. A 3.4 GPA with a 1120 SAT comes out near 98%. Courses, activities, essays and the application round move the number; the free calculator includes them.

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Getting into Southwestern College (KS) comes down to four decisions, each one visible in the data on this page.

1,333 students applied to Southwestern College (KS) for fall 2023; 866 were admitted (65%). 204 enrolled. Only about 24% of admitted students enrolled, so the school admits several students for every seat it expects to fill, which is why its acceptance rate reads higher than its selectivity feels. Southwestern College (KS) enrolls about 924 undergraduates in total, 34% of them women, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS 2023 admissions and enrollment.

Southwestern College (KS) reports that it neither requires nor recommends test scores, so admission turns on your transcript, rigor, and the rest of the file.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10.

Southwestern College (KS) signals that it values rigor of secondary school record, academic GPA, and standardized test scores above the rest of the file. Solid grades in a challenging schedule do most of the work here, with the rest of the application providing context. These ratings come from Southwestern College (KS)'s reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

The full sticker price at Southwestern College (KS) (tuition, fees, housing, food, books) is about $58,432 a year. Tuition and fees alone are $39,822. What families actually pay is different: the average net price after grants and scholarships is $29,824 a year, and it ranges from $26,294 for families earning under $30,000 to $32,739 for families earning over $110,000. 41% of undergraduates receive a federal Pell Grant.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10. Net price is what students receiving aid paid after grants, by family income.

Median earnings for Southwestern College (KS) students ten years after entry are $55,646 ($48,034 at the six-year mark). 36% of first-time, full-time students graduate within six years, and 56% return for a second year. Among graduates who borrowed, median federal debt at graduation is $25,000; 49% of undergraduates take federal loans.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10. Earnings cover students who received federal aid.

Among the 25 Kansas schools we track, Southwestern College (KS) ranks #11 most selective by acceptance rate. Schools like Sterling College (48%) and Central Christian College (53%) sit nearby, which makes Kansas a useful frame for calibrating a balanced list.

If Southwestern College (KS) is on your list, schools with a similar admit profile are worth a look: DePaul University, Albright College, and Ashland University. Running the same profile against each one in the free calculator is the fastest way to see where you are a reach, a match, or a likely.

Acceptance rate, application counts, admitted test ranges, cost, and outcomes reflect publicly reported federal data (U.S. Department of Education: IPEDS 2023 and the College Scorecard) and each school's Common Data Set; figures are rounded and lag the current cycle by one to two years, so confirm deadlines and policies on the school's own site. The typical-admit GPA and SAT are CollegeCalcAI's modeled estimates. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.