Southwest University at El Paso
About
Southwest University at El Paso is a private, for-profit institution located in El Paso, Texas, that was founded in June 1999. The university offers a range of degree programs focused primarily on healthcare, business, and technology, providing education and training to non-traditional students in the local community.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 49 Title IV programs, 8 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 41 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing8 · 16.3%
- No Data41 · 83.7%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
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.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
Programmatic accreditations · 2
Action history · 10
- Jan 2026Renewal of AccreditationJoint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
- Oct 2023Renewal of AccreditationJoint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
- Oct 2023Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
- Oct 2022Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
- Sep 2022Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: ProbationJoint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 2,582 students received $13.7M in Pell grants, alongside $15.3M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 1,278 borrowers who entered repayment, 11 (0.8%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* 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.
Academic programs at SUEP
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
SUEP vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions SUEP selected for federal comparison reporting.
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 University at El Paso | 59% | — | 2,130 | $17,803 | — |
American College of Healthcare Sciences | — | 53.5% | 1,052 | $24,016 | — |
Brookline College-Phoenix | 38% | — | 739 | — | — |
Cambridge College of Healthcare & Technology | — | — | 381 | $17,057 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Career Networks Institute | — | — | 1,133 | $28,292 | — |
Carrington College-Sacramento | — | 88.7% | 2,207 | $37,143 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Concorde Career College-Aurora | — | 90.5% | 256 | $16,547 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Eastwick College-Ramsey | 83% | 37.3% | 1,203 | $28,162 | — |
Galen College of Nursing-Cincinnati | — | — | 645 | $29,150 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Galen College of Nursing-San Antonio | 50% | — | 2,953 | $29,824 | — |
Galen College of Nursing-Tampa Bay | 100% | — | 1,465 | $29,598 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Glendale Career College | — | 100.0% | 896 | $46,212 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts | — | — | 3,437 | $30,558 | — |
Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences | 0% | 61.9% | 2,073 | $31,013 | — |
Las Vegas College | — | — | 536 | $29,115 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Pima Medical Institute-Tucson | — | — | 2,676 | — | — |
San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia | — | — | 2,318 | $29,092 | — |
Smith Chason College | 92% | — | 2,447 | $34,402 | — |
Southeastern College-West Palm Beach | — | 87.0% | 564 | $33,952 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Stanbridge University | — | 10.0% | 2,928 | $25,114 | — |
Sumner College | — | 88.9% | 532 | $28,309 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest | — | — | 4,530 | $25,937 | — |
Unitek College | 63% | — | 5,725 | $25,719 | — |
| Peer group median | 61% | 87.0% | 1,465 | $29,092 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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