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"Southwestern is one of the few jewels of the Southwest whose mission is to prepare a new generation to contribute to a changing society, and to prosper in their jobs, whatever and wherever in the world they may be."
-Loren Pope
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CHARACTER |
- Highly selective, independent, four-year, undergraduate, national
liberal arts college consisting of The Brown College of Arts and Sciences
and The Sarofim School of Fine Arts.
- Southwestern's core purpose is to foster a liberal arts community whose values and actions encourage contributions toward the well-being of humanity.
- Chartered by the Republic of Texas in 1840, Southwestern was the first institution of higher learning in Texas and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
- Southwestern is located in historic Georgetown, Texas, just north of Austin and within a three-hour drive of three of the nation's 10 largest cities.
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WORTH NOTING |
- Southwestern's nationally recognized Paideia®
Program aims to enrich its students' liberal arts educations by
integrating knowledge from many disciplines with students' own purpose-driven
explorations. The Paideia Program fosters and promotes connections
between civic engagement, intercultural and diversity experiences,
and hands-on research and creative works through a series of one-credit-hour
seminar sessions and through frequent one-on-one meetings with Paideia
Professors.
- More than 75% of Southwestern students participate in civic engagement,
including community-based learning, activism and community service--a
rate that is more than twice the national average. In 2008-09, Southwestern
students contributed more than 28,000 hours performing co-curricular
outreach as volunteers and activists, working with nearly 100 different
agencies and organizations. For more than 14 years, students have
participated in Destination: Service, Southwestern's Spring Break
volunteer service program. Projects include building and repairing
homes, working in national parks and with urban social programs and
ministries nationally and abroad.
- Southwestern's commitment to environmental stewardship and social
responsibility has lead to it being the second university in Texas
to sign the Talloires Declaration, an initiative that calls on the
University to envision programs and practices that make our world
more sustainable. Initiatives include a Green/Civic Engagement residence
hall, computer based effluent water irrigation systems, an alternative
transportation Pirate
Bike Program, use of sustainable/recycled products, low/no maintenance
building finishes and products, low-volume shower heads and LEED certification
on all new construction projects--just to name a few.
- Extensive campus facilities include two live-performance theaters,
a spacious sports and recreational center, a human performance laboratory,
an aquatic animal research laboratory, an observatory, and a teaching
greenhouse.
- 50% of students study abroad during their time at Southwestern.
Approximately 60% of the students participate in at least one internship
prior to their graduation.
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ENROLLMENT |
- 1,300 men and women; 375 new students in 2009
- 10:1 student-to-faculty ratio
- 88% of first-year students are from Texas and 12% are from other
states outside of Texas; Students from 35 states and 10 nations (give
or take) are represented on campus.
- Minority students constitute 23% of the student body.
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FACULTY & ACADEMICS |
- 99% of tenure-track faculty hold the most advanced degree in their field.
- Collaborative research and publication between faculty and students is common and encouraged.
- Students may earn Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Music or Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees.
- No graduate degrees or programs are offered.
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TUITION & FEES |
- Tuition and Fees: $30,220
- More than 85% of students received financial assistance (merit-based
and/or need-based) last year.
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CAMPUS LIFE |
- 85% of students live in residential housing, which includes wireless
internet, cable TV, voice-mail access and housekeeping service.
- NCAA Division III competition in the Southern Collegiate Athletic
Conference with varsity basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming,
track & field, and tennis for men and women; baseball and lacrosse
for men, volleyball and softball for women. Mascot: Pirates; Colors:
Black & Gold.
- Nearly 90% of students participate annually in some form of organized
physical activity (intercollegiate, club, intramural and recreational
activities).
- Nearly 100 student organizations: Scholastic and honorary, government,
special interest and departmental. Greek organizations include Alpha
Delta Pi, Alpha Xi Delta, Delta Delta Delta and Zeta Tau Alpha for
women; Kappa Alpha, Kappa Sigma, Phi Delta Theta and Pi Kappa Alpha
for men.
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ACADEMIC PROFILE OF ENTERING CLASS |
- Middle 50% on the SAT 1140-1330
- Middle 50% on the ACT 25-30
- 49% of students ranked in the top 10% of their high school class.
- 84% of students ranked in the top 25% of their high school class.
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