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Southwest Technical College

Cedar City, Utah · Remote town

#2 graduation rate in Utah
0%
Transfer rate
—
Avg net price
95%
Grad / completion
$35,507
Median earnings

Southwest Technical College is a public certificate-granting institution in Cedar City, Utah (remote town setting), enrolling 540 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 540 undergradsRemote townCold wintersSnowy

About Cedar City, Utah

Cedar City is the largest city in Iron County, Utah, United States. The presence of prehistoric people in the Cedar City area is revealed by rock art found in Parowan Gap to the north and Fremont sites dated to A.D. 1000 and 1300. Ancestors of the present-day Southern Paiute people met the Domínguez–Escalante expedition in this area in 1776. The economy is mostly centered on a small manufacturing hub, tourism, Southern Utah University, and home construction. The largest employers in Cedar City (2019 data) are listed below. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Remote town
Highest degree offered
Certificate
To the ocean
389 miles
Nearest airport
3 miles to Cedar City (CDC)

How Southwest Technical College compares

Graduation rate95%

Higher than 94% · #2 of 41 in Utah

First-year retention96%

Higher than 89%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$35,507

Higher than 51% · #16 of 33 in Utah

Student–faculty ratio6 : 1

Lower than 95%

Undergraduate enrollment540

Larger than 63%

Percentiles compare Southwest Technical College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Utah.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

540undergrads
  • Women24646%
  • Men29454%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White76%
  • Black1.3%
  • Hispanic14%
  • Asian1.5%
  • Other or multiracial6.3%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
540
Student–faculty ratio
6 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
13%
First-generation students
55%
Students over 25
23%
Median family income
$18,152

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Outcomes

Graduated
95%
First-year retention
96%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$38,493
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$35,507
Median debt at graduation
—
Students with federal loans
0%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
Free

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
B
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.8 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
2

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 2 campuses (864 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.7reported offenses a year
0 violent a year0.7 property a year

By offense type, per year

Motor vehicle theft
0.7

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

3%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$328
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 3% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $328. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 66 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Campus climate

Summer high
88°F
Winter low
21°F
Annual rain
13″
Annual snow
59.6″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.00.71.4JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Cedar City, UT US station (0.8 mi from campus).

What Southwest Technical College graduates study — and earn

Ground Transportation
93 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
91 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
76 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt
Precision Metal Working
65 grads$36k 1 yr— 5 yr— debt
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
24 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
21 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt
Culinary Arts and Related Services
18 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt
Computer Programming
16 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
15 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
14 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt
Fire Protection
11 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/Technicians
9 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Tuition
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Transfer
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Earnings
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Tuition
—
Transfer
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Tuition
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Transfer
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Tuition
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Transfer
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Earnings
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Students
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Tuition
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Transfer
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Earnings
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Colleges near Southwest Technical College

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, UT · Public · Bachelor's · 9,289 students

1 mi

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Cedar City, UT · Private for-profit · Certificate · 51 students

1 mi

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St. George, UT · Private for-profit · Certificate · 127 students

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Evans Hairstyling College-St George

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Utah Tech University

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Dixie Technical College

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Paul Mitchell the School-St. George

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.