10141 Cash Road
Stafford, Texas 77477

Southwest College in Houston, Texas, is a campus of the Houston Community College System. HCC-Southwest offers academic associate degrees, career and technology certificates, and continuing education programs and courses.

The academic departments of Southwest College awards associate degrees to students who plan to transfer to a four-year college or university to receive a baccalaureate degree. The Associate in Arts degree is intended primarily for students seeking a degree in education, social sciences, humanities, or fine arts. The Associate in Applied Science degree is suitable for students seeking degrees in computer science, engineering, health and natural sciences, or mathematics.

All A.A. and A.A.S. academic core courses taken at HHC-Southwest are guaranteed to transfer and count as core at all Texas public higher educational institutions.

The Career and Technical Education Programs of Southwest College include engineering, public safety, transportation, business, science technology, and others programs.

As a campus of Houston community college (HCC), Southwest College provides affordable education. HCC takes price in the diversity, openness, and opportunity that it offers. HCC provides academic courses for transfer to four-year institutions, terminal degrees, and certificates in more than 70 fields of work, continuing education, and corporate training.

Quick Facts:

Since it opened in 1971, Houston Community College has educated and trained more than 1.3 million students.

Financial aid in the form of grants, work-study, loans, and scholarships is available at Houston Community College - Southwest College.

Houston Community College offers distance education courses to students via Internet, videocassette, and broadcast television.

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