Private nonprofit · Community college
Southwestern Christian College
Terrell, Texas · Distant town
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $18,562
- Avg net price
- 3%
- Grad / completion
- $32,672
- Median earnings
Southwestern Christian College is a private nonprofit associate-granting institution in Terrell, Texas (distant town setting), enrolling 110 undergraduates. It is a Historically Black College or University (HBCU). It has a Churches of Christ religious affiliation. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Terrell, Texas
Terrell is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Kaufman County. Terrell developed as a railroad town, beginning in 1873 with the construction of the Texas and Pacific Railroad line. The town was named for Robert A. Terrell, a pioneer European-American settler whose farm lay on its western edge. During World War II, the No. 1 British Flying Training School was located in Terrell. It was the first of six civilian flight schools in the United States dedicated to instructing British Royal Air Force pilots during that war. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Distant town
- Highest degree offered
- Bachelor's
- Nearest big city
- 30 miles to Dallas, TX
- To the ocean
- 219 miles
- Nearest airport
- 34 miles to Dallas Love Field (DAL) · major hub
How Southwestern Christian College compares
Higher than 1% · #248 of 253 in Texas
Higher than 95%
Higher than 41% · #111 of 206 in Texas
Cheaper than 37% · #129 cheapest of 252 in Texas
Lower than 56%
Larger than 30%
Percentiles compare Southwestern Christian 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 Texas.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women5651%
- Men5449%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White4.5%
- Black75%
- Hispanic8.2%
- Other or multiracial13%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 110
- Student–faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 66%
- First-generation students
- 39%
- Students over 25
- 18%
- Median family income
- $20,000
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $26,244
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $14,638
- Room & board
- $7,042
- Books & supplies
- $1,903
- Total cost of attendance
- $21,854
- Average net price
- $18,562
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated (within 6 years)
- 3%
- Graduated on time (4 years)
- 3%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $19,686
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $32,672
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 52%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 16%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- Yes
- Dorm capacity
- 192
- Dorm capacity vs undergrads
- 100%+
- Housing charge (year)
- $3,276
- Meal plan (year)
- $3,766
- Application fee
- $20
- Athletics
- NJCAA Division I
- Varsity athletes
- 85 (35 men · 50 women)
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%.
Varsity sports (3)
Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Four-year (or more) true cost
Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.
$21,219/year × about 4.0 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.
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.
Modest institutional aid: 28% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $3,182. 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 39 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $32,672
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 25%
The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $7,817 (27%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 96°F
- Winter low
- 36°F
- Annual rain
- 38.4″
- Annual snow
- 0.2″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Terrell Muni AP, TX US station (2.1 mi from campus).
What Southwestern Christian College graduates study — and earn
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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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.