Those “lives of significance” take place in all kinds of locations and life situations, and our alumni and students are taking the Moundbuilder message around the world.
Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas, is a learning community dedicated to:
- Intellectual growth and career preparation.
- Individual development and Christian values.
- Lifetime learning and responsible citizenship.
- Leadership through service in a world without boundaries.
Southwestern College provides a values-based learning experience that emphasizes intellectual, personal, and spiritual growth. Founded in 1885 by Kansas Methodists and now related to the Great Plains Conference of the United Methodist Church, the college offers bachelor's and graduate degrees on-ground and online.
Southwestern College:
- Prepares students for careers and graduate studies with courses that foster critical thinking and effective communication and are characterized by meaningful professor-student interaction.
- Employs emerging technologies that promote learning.
- Strives to live by and teach a sustainable way of life.
- Provides preparation for a wide range of church-related vocations and involvement.
- Offers programs that embrace prior learning and facilitate career progression for working adults, armed services members, and persons in transition.
- Affords a residential learning experience abundant with co-curricular activities that build social awareness and interpersonal skills and cultivate an ethos of service and leadership.
Whether you want to take two majors and have a minor or concentrate all of your abilities in one major, let Southwestern College help you get where you want to go.
We offer more than 40 majors for undergraduates, so you have a lot to choose from. Our Academic Catalog will give you more details about each major. If you are still undecided, do not worry. You can join Southwestern College without knowing precisely what you want to major in.
They say that your college years are some of the best years of your life. We are eager to make sure that they are also some of the most productive years. We offer a supportive faculty, accomplished students, and a hands-on curriculum. Whether you are writing the next great American novel, preparing to become an actuary, or building houses in your community, you can receive real-world opportunities that make a difference. At Southwestern, you will enter as a student and leave the person you are meant to be.
We want you to have a positive college experience. To learn what you want to learn. To study your way. When you join Southwestern College, you can expect to find a world of opportunities.
An education at Southwestern College is priceless, but we want to make sure that it is affordable. We were in your spot once, too. We understand the feeling you get when you find a college you love but are not sure you can afford it. We do not want you to have that feeling for long, which is why 100% of our students receive some form of financial aid.
Whether you live on campus or off, in the residence halls or the apartments, students are what makes student life happen. From carnivals to concerts, from Sutton Center to Campus Life, the Office of Student Affairs is available for you, the student. Through Student Affairs, Southwestern College offers students many avenues to pursue diverse interests, explore new possibilities, and become active in the world outside of the classroom.
Reasonable and appropriate accommodations and services are provided on an individual basis for students with documented disabilities. Federal law requires students with disabilities to be allowed to use reasonable methods to meet educational requirements. Students must self-disclose the need for accommodations and provide the appropriate documentation.
Southwestern College has its roots in the tradition of the Methodist circuit riders, whose love of education helped shape the educational landscape of the 19th century. Founded in 1885 by the Southwest Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the college graduated its first class of three students on June 3, 1889. The City of Winfield contributed resources to the original campus. In 1909 its name was changed from Southwest Kansas Conference College to Southwestern College, and in 1917 the school earned accreditation by the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges.
Today the college thrives both on the main campus and throughout the world. Traditional-aged students are housed and educated on a wooded 85-acre site in Winfield, Kansas. The curriculum and extensive co-curricular activities are designed to prepare Southwestern’s graduates for “leadership through service in a world without boundaries,” as its vision statement declares. The college has been forward-thinking in its approach to technology and was the first to issue laptop computers to all students. Campus facilities have seen significant upgrades and expansion during the past quarter-century, with the most recent addition being the complete renovation of Richardson Performing Arts Center and the construction of Richard L. Jantz Stadium.
Working adults of all ages complete college degrees through the Professional Studies program. On-ground centers are in several locations in Kansas and Oklahoma, but most learners choose to complete classes online. The college commitment to accessibility and logistical ease has led to leadership in educational options for military personnel.
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