Southwest Technical College
Cedar City, Utah · Also known as Southwest Tech · Website
$35,507
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$35,507
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Southwest Technical College is a public under 2-year college in Cedar City, Utah with 540 undergraduates. 95% of students finish within 150% of the normal time. Former students earn a median $35,507 a year 10 years after they started.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
-
A year, after grants
Tuition and fees
-
Admission rate
Open
Completion rate
95%
Within 150% of the normal time, US 58%
Median debt
-
Earnings at 10 years
$35,507
Rank 3,395 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
- Students with a need-based grant
- 13%
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Dollars a year
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- Open admission
- Undergraduates
- 540
- Part-time students
- 85%
- Women
- 29%
- Students per teacher
- 6
- Completion rate
- 95%
- Retention rate
- 96%
- Highest degree
- Certificate
- Programs
- 17
- Other
- Open admission
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 3,395 of 5,094 US colleges and 27 of 48 in Utah (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | UT median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | - | $18,659 | $13,490 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | - | $8,658 | $9,344 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 86% | 77% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 95% | 72% | 79% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 96% | 86% | 82% | 75% |
| Median debt | - | $10,548 | $9,500 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $38,493 | $34,587 | $37,893 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $35,507 | $36,048 | $40,517 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US public under 2-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 61% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
17 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground TransportationCertificate | Certificate | 93 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $52,118 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate | Certificate | 91 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate | Certificate | 76 | Withheld | Withheld | $32,292 | $56,073 |
| Precision Metal WorkingCertificate | Certificate | 65 | Withheld | $35,838 | $42,591 | $48,702 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate | Certificate | 24 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $38,675 |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate | Certificate | 21 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $34,272 |
| Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate | Certificate | 18 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $30,572 |
| Computer ProgrammingCertificate | Certificate | 16 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $56,556 |
| Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate | Certificate | 15 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $50,162 |
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate | Certificate | 14 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $51,586 |
| Fire ProtectionCertificate | Certificate | 11 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansCertificate | Certificate | 9 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $62,199 |
| Animal SciencesCertificate | Certificate | - | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $32,878 |
| Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate | Certificate | - | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $41,400 |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate | Certificate | - | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $35,447 |
| Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate | Certificate | - | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $44,589 |
| Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate | Certificate | - | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $32,681 |
In the area
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Questions and answers
What is the acceptance rate at Southwest Technical College?
Southwest Technical College has open admission: it accepts students who meet its basic requirements, such as a high school diploma.
How much do Southwest Technical College graduates earn?
$35,507 a year is the median pay of former Southwest Technical College students who work, 10 years after they started ($38,493 after 6 years). That ranks 3,395 of 5,094 US colleges and 27 of 48 in Utah. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Precision Metal Working (Certificate) at $35,838.
What is the graduation rate at Southwest Technical College?
95% of first-time, full-time students at Southwest Technical College finish within 150% of the normal time. 96% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of public under 2-year colleges is 79%.
What are the most popular majors at Southwest Technical College?
Ground Transportation (93 certificate graduates), Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (91 certificate graduates), Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (76 certificate graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 17 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.