Southwest Tennessee Community College

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#8682 / #2285
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
#428
Most Desirable School
College in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.

Southwest Tennessee Community College at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#2285
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$5,217
Graduation rate
19%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
5,047

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Southwest Tennessee Community College Featured Rankings

About Southwest Tennessee Community College

According to Wikipedia, Southwest Tennessee Community College is a public community college in Memphis, Tennessee. As the product of a merger between two colleges in 2000, the school has two campuses in Memphis and several satellite centers. It is operated by the Tennessee Board of Regents.

Southwest Tennessee Community College's Online Degrees

AAS in Early Childhood Education
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Criminal Justice
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Criminal Justice
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AA in General Studies
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AS in General Studies
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Information Technology
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Teacher Aides/Paraprofessionals Preparation
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Teaching
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Web Technology
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online

Southwest Tennessee Community College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Retention RateGraduation Rate
46%19%

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.

How Much Does Southwest Tennessee Community College Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$5,217
Average Net Price by Family Income (2021–22)
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$4,987
30K - 48K$4,526
48K - 75K$5,001
75K - 110K$6,923
110K+$8,180

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.

How Much Do Southwest Tennessee Community College Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Southwest Tennessee Community College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $38,117 a year, and 87% of those not still in school are working.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.

Southwest Tennessee Community College's Demographics

Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.

Student BodyUnder-Grads
9,6079,607

Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.

Where is Southwest Tennessee Community College?

Southwest Tennessee Community College is located at 5983 Macon Cove, Memphis, TN 38134.

How Safe is Southwest Tennessee Community College?

Relative to its enrollment, Southwest Tennessee Community College has a violent crime rate of 0.01% and a property crime rate of 0.03%. Memphis has a violent crime rate of 2.51% and a property crime rate of 6.97%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.

What Is Southwest Tennessee Community College Known For?

Southwest Tennessee Community College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:

Southwest Tennessee Community College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

Each rank compares how much Southwest Tennessee Community College's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence

Medical
#3627
World Rank
#3629
Historical Rank
#1058
USA Rank

Southwest Tennessee Community College ranks #1058 in the U.S. and #3627 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees
Social Work
#3751
World Rank
#3751
Historical Rank
#1511
USA Rank

Southwest Tennessee Community College ranks #1511 in the U.S. and #3751 worldwide for influence in Social Work.

social-work Degrees
Nursing
#3864
World Rank
#3865
Historical Rank
#1529
USA Rank

Southwest Tennessee Community College ranks #1529 in the U.S. and #3864 worldwide for influence in Nursing.

nursing Degrees
Computer Science
#8362
World Rank
#8366
Historical Rank
#2145
USA Rank

Southwest Tennessee Community College ranks #2145 in the U.S. and #8362 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.

computer-science Degrees
Business
#8037
World Rank
#8038
Historical Rank
#2240
USA Rank

Southwest Tennessee Community College ranks #2240 in the U.S. and #8037 worldwide for influence in Business.

business Degrees
Education
#8640
World Rank
#8646
Historical Rank
#2315
USA Rank

Southwest Tennessee Community College ranks #2315 in the U.S. and #8640 worldwide for influence in Education.

education Degrees
Criminal Justice
#5123
World Rank
#5125
Historical Rank
#2484
USA Rank

Southwest Tennessee Community College ranks #2484 in the U.S. and #5123 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.

criminal-justice Degrees
Engineering
#12578
World Rank
#12581
Historical Rank
#3017
USA Rank

Southwest Tennessee Community College ranks #3017 in the U.S. and #12578 worldwide for influence in Engineering.

engineering Degrees