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Southwest School of Business and Technical Careers - San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas·Private for-profit, less-than 2-year·Southwest·sws.edu

Southwest School of Business and Technical Careers-San Antonio has open admission, so it admits all applicants who meet basic requirements (effectively a 100% acceptance rate). 61% of students graduate within 150% of normal time, per 2024 IPEDS data. Fall enrollment is 21 students, and 87 enrolled over the full 12-month year (2024). Source: IPEDS.

Acceptance
100%
Open admission
Graduation (150% time)
61%
—
Total enrollment
21
peer median 72
Avg net price
$22,633
+$2.9k vs peer
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About

The Southwest School of Business and Technical Careers is a private career training institution located in San Antonio, Texas. It focuses on providing education in fields such as medical assisting, pharmacy technology, and accounting, although the founding year is not mentioned.

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
61%
Full-time retention
82%

Pell equity

72.9pp gap
Pell recipients
79%80 of 101
Non-Pell (all)
6%2 of 33
No Federal Aid
6%2 of 33

Pell recipients here graduate at a 72.9-point higher rate than non-Pell students, unusual and worth a closer look.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 4 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 4 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
4
Passing
0
0.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

4programs
  • Passing0 · 0.0%
  • No Data4 · 100.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
0
No data
4

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

1
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
30%
$7,077 debt · $23,567 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Council on Occupational Education

Accredited since 1982Next review Dec 2027
PreaccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Council on Occupational Education

Accredited since 1981

Action history · 1

  1. Mar 2022Renewal of Accreditation
    Council on Occupational Education

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$22,598
$30–48k$22,856
$48–75k—
$75–110k—
$110k+—

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$22,633
+$2,904vs peer median $19,729
Federal loans
92.0%

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 99 students received $490K in Pell grants, alongside $320K in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
99
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$490K
$490,229 total
Direct Loans
$320K
121 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

0k
’20
0k
’21
0k
’22
0k
’23
0k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$197K
61 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$123K
60 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 88 borrowers who entered repayment, 1 (1.1%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.1%
-1.2pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
88
Defaulted
1
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
15.7%
2017
17.7%
2018
29.8%
2019
1.1%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Southwest School of Business and Technical Careers-San Antonio

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs5
UndergraduateOffered

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
21
12-mo unduplicated
87
Undergraduate
87
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
21%18
Women
79%69

Race / ethnicity composition

Hispanic
81.0%
White
9.5%
Black
9.5%

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 22 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
0
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
0
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

No criminal offenses reported.

By location

0total

    VAWA offenses

    0
    Domestic violence
    0
    Dating violence
    0
    Stalking
    0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

    Hate crimes by bias

    No hate crimes reported.

    Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

    CategoryArrestsReferrals
    Weapons00
    Drugs00
    Liquor00

    Residence-hall fires

    No residence-hall fires reported.

    Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

    Student-faculty ratio

    Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

    IPEDS
    Student-to-faculty
    9.0:1

    Southwest School of Business and Technical Careers-San Antonio vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions Southwest School of Business and Technical Careers-San Antonio selected for federal comparison reporting.

    IPEDS
    6-yr gradRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
    This institutionPeer median

    A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

    Carnegie
    SubjectSouthwest School of Business and Technical Careers-San Antonio
    		—Open admission21$22,633—
    American Institute of Massage Therapy
    		—Open admission19$9,364—
    CALC Institute of Technology
    		—Open admission83Not reported—
    Concorde Career College-Broadway
    		—100.0%26$26,119—
    Cortiva Institute-Arlington
    		—Open admission155$33,771—
    CTK Healthcare & Career Institute
    		—Open admission114$6,260—
    Healing Arts Center
    		No freshman cohortOpen admission113No freshman cohort—
    Healthcare Training Institute
    		—41.7%48$10,594—
    Institute of Allied Healthcare
    		—Open admission60$2,430—
    Marian Health Careers Center-Van Nuys Campus
    		—Open admission90$28,791—
    Medical Allied Career Center
    		—Open admission48$34,458—
    Medical Career & Technical College
    		—95.7%235$28,005—
    North-West College-Glendale
    		—100.0%71$35,763—
    Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic Massage
    		No freshman cohortOpen admission101$18,490—
    Ross Medical Education Center-Battle Creek
    		—Open admission50$20,440—
    Ross Medical Education Center-Bowling Green
    		—Open admission57$20,062—
    Ross Medical Education Center-Charleston
    		—Open admission65$17,821—
    Ross Medical Education Center-Elyria
    		—Open admission74$18,823—
    Ross Medical Education Center-Erlanger
    		—Open admission77$19,448—
    Ross Medical Education Center-Evansville
    		—Open admission91$19,540—
    Ross Medical Education Center-Kokomo
    		—Open admission75$19,729—
    Ross Medical Education Center-Muncie
    		—Open admission63$19,286—
    Ross Medical Education Center-Niles
    		—Open admission99$17,822—
    Ross Medical Education Center-Saginaw
    		—Open admission84$18,831—
    Ross Medical Education Center-Taylor
    		—Open admission75$19,987—
    San Francisco School of Massage & Bodywork
    		Too newOpen admission139$33,402—
    San Joaquin Valley College-Delano
    		—Open admission69$21,573—
    St Louis College of Health Careers-St Louis
    		—Not reported153$27,777Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Unitech Training Academy-Baton Rouge
    		—Open admission72$21,757—
    Unitech Training Academy-Houma
    		—Open admission47$19,506—
    Westchester School for Medical & Dental Assistants
    		—Open admission67$16,177—
    Williams Technical College
    		—Open admission28$15,577—
    Woodruff Medical and Wellness Training
    		—Open admission60$21,621—
    Peer group median—97.9%72$19,729

    Institutions like Southwest School of Business and Technical Careers-San Antonio

    Explore the federal data for institutions in Southwest School of Business and Technical Careers-San Antonio's comparison group.

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    Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

    Frequently asked questions about Southwest School of Business and Technical Careers-San Antonio

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Southwest School of Business and Technical Careers-San Antonio.

    What is the acceptance rate at Southwest School of Business and Technical Careers-San Antonio?

    Southwest School of Business and Technical Careers-San Antonio has an open admission policy, so it admits all applicants who meet basic requirements (effectively a 100% acceptance rate). Some programs, such as nursing, may have separate selective admission. IPEDS does not collect an admit rate for open-admission colleges.

    What is the graduation rate at Southwest School of Business and Technical Careers-San Antonio?

    At Southwest School of Business and Technical Careers-San Antonio, 61% of students graduate within 150% of normal time, per 2024 IPEDS data.

    How many students attend Southwest School of Business and Technical Careers-San Antonio?

    Southwest School of Business and Technical Careers-San Antonio reports a total enrollment of 21 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at Southwest School of Business and Technical Careers-San Antonio?

    The average net price at Southwest School of Business and Technical Careers-San Antonio is $22,633 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    Where is Southwest School of Business and Technical Careers-San Antonio located?

    Southwest School of Business and Technical Careers-San Antonio is located in San Antonio, Texas 78221-0138.

    About the data on this page

    Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

    IPEDSFall 2025–26 release, published July 28, 2026
    Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
    National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
    College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
    Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
    U.S. Department of Education
    FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
    Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
    U.S. Department of Education
    DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
    Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Federal Pell Grant & loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
    Pell Grant and Direct Loan recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
    Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
    Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
    Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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