How much does Southwestern College (California) cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $1,344 a year, and $10,640 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $12,671 a year.

How many Southwestern College (California) programs report graduate pay?

2 associate's programs at Southwestern College (California) report first-year pay, and 1 of them also report federal debt.

Southwestern College (California) Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Southwestern College
Public college
Chula Vista, CA
18,614 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

Southwestern College (California) has two associate's programs that report what graduates earn. Dental Hygiene and Assisting pays more in the first year ($67,733) than Criminal Justice ($30,983).

In-state tuition and fees$1,344Per year. Out-of-state $10,640

Average net price after aid$12,671Per year

Graduation rate36%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

Both associate's programs

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in California" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across California.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in California
Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 33 graduates a year	$67,733	Not reported	$10,500	7th of 7
Criminal JusticeAbout 155 graduates a year	$30,983	$59,282	Not reported	10th of 21

Program names link to the program's own page, and California ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five California programs in the field do too.

2 more associate's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Common questions

Dental Hygiene and Assisting graduates earn a median of $67,733 in their first year, the most of 2 Southwestern College (California) associate's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of California rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels