Southwestern

Engaging Minds, Transforming Lives

A national liberal arts university just north of Austin, Southwestern is Texas’ oldest institution of higher learning.

Students at Southwestern have an opportunity to work closely with professors in an intimate, rigorous academic environment, on one of the nation’s most beautiful college campuses. Learn more about Southwestern

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Excellence in Academics

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Southwestern is Affordable

The Princeton Review says we offer “a college education that is $10,000 to $15,000 lower than what you would expect of a liberal arts college of its academic caliber.”

Right Now at Southwestern

  • Music Professor Kenny Sheppard is working with aspiring conductors from around the country this week as Southwestern hosts the 36th Conductor’s Institute
  • Roger Young, director of Career Services at Southwestern, talks about job prospects for 2009 graduates.
  • Paige Menking is blogging from Southwestern’s Study Abroad Program in Argentina this summer.
  • Fourteen Southwestern students have started summer chemistry research projects with faculty members as part of the Welch Summer Research Program
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Go Pirates!

The Southwestern Pirates compete in sixteen NCAA Division III varsity sports, and a wide variety of club sports, intramurals, and outdoor recreational activities.