Educational InstitutionsEducational Organization

Southwestern College

Southwestern College is a private Methodist college in Winfield, Kansas. It was founded in 1885 as Southwest Kansas Conference College and graduated its first class of three in June 1889. The name of the school was changed to its current form in 1909.

Identifiers

OPEID6 Six-digit base OPE ID (without the two-digit branch suffix)
1940
OPEID Office of Postsecondary Education Identifier, used for federal financial aid program participation
194000
IPEDS UNITID Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System identifier assigned by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
155900
DAPIP ID Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs identifier from the U.S. Department of Education
117247

Location

Winfield, KS, 67156-2499

37.248608, -96.975405

Accreditation

Higher Learning Commission

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