10-yr median earnings
$35,507
Federal aid recipients only
Public · Cedar City, Utah
Southwest Technical College
Southwest Technical College is a public institution in Cedar City, Utah. as a public institution, published Scorecard outcomes are the federal Title-IV cohort view of former students — not every graduate and not a guarantee for any one enrollee.
- $35,507
- 10-yr median earnings
- 94.2%
- 150%-time completion
The verdict
Southwest Technical College posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 33rd pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 94.2%
- 150%-time completion
- -8%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Town: Remote
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Southwest Technical College profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class, and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
C+
College Value Score
63/100
Southwest Technical College
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings F
$35,507
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price N/A
N/A
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate A+
94.2%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
Not reported
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
94.2%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 94.2%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Southwest Technical College vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Southwest Technical College ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Southwest Technical College: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$35,507 33rd percentile higher than 33% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Southwest Technical College | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $35,507 | #3399 of 5103 | 33rd |
| 150%-time completion | 94.2% | #95 of 4858 | 98th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 540 | #2789 of 5462 | 49th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
540
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
94.2%
150%-time completion
$35,507
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Southwest Technical College ranks in Utah
State rank among 48 reporting Utah colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Southwest Technical College | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $35,507 | #27 of 48 | 44th |
| 150%-time completion | 94.2% | #2 of 52 | 96th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 540 | #22 of 56 | 61st |
Highest former-student earnings in Utah
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neumont College of Computer Science | $97,827 | $35,205 |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | $75,790 | $15,564 |
| 3 | University of Utah | $67,170 | $16,200 |
| 4 | Westminster University | $66,215 | $27,094 |
| 5 | Galen Health Institutes-Salt Lake City | $61,480 | $28,324 |
| 6 | Western Governors University | $60,615 | $12,548 |
| 7 | Weber State University | $56,287 | $10,258 |
| 8 | Utah Valley University | $55,486 | $6,376 |
| 9 | Utah State University | $54,022 | $14,936 |
| 10 | Ensign College | $50,630 | $10,824 |
| 11 | Southern Utah University | $50,296 | $10,462 |
| 12 | Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences | $49,841 | $28,039 |
| 27 | Southwest Technical CollegeThis school | $35,507 | - |
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
45.6%
Female
55.5%
First Generation
Outcomes
$38,493
Median Earnings (6yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 94.2% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $38,493 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $35,507 |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precision Metal Working | Certificate | 42 | $42,591 | - |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants | Certificate | 84 | $32,292 | - |
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians | Certificate | 13 | - | - |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Southwest Technical College? ▼
Southwest Technical College is a public institution in Cedar City, Utah. Undergraduate enrollment is 540 students.
How much do Southwest Technical College former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Southwest Technical College who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $35,507 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $38,493.
What is the graduation rate at Southwest Technical College? ▼
Southwest Technical College has a 94.2% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Sources & methodology
Public-college profiles lean on IPEDS enrollment and Scorecard Title-IV outcomes. State appropriations are outside this page; the figures below are the federal cohort measures only.
Every number is read live from the Mar–Jul 2026 Scorecard/IPEDS retrievals. Public institutions often enroll large Title-IV cohorts, so medians can be stable — still cohort averages, never a personal forecast. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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