Business, Management & Marketing at University of the Southwest

If you are interested in studying business, management and marketing, you may want to check out the program at University of the Southwest. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

USW is located in Hobbs, New Mexico and approximately 904 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students received a bachelor's degree in business, management and marketing from USW.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Business, Management & Marketing section at the bottom of this page.

USW Business, Management & Marketing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Management & Marketing
• Master’s Degree in Business, Management & Marketing
• Doctorate Degree in Business, Management & Marketing

Online Classes Are Available at USW

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

USW does offer online education options in business, management and marketing for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

USW Business, Management & Marketing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business, management and marketing programs across the country. The following shows how USW performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business, management and marketing major at USW is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business, Management & Marketing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	181
Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools	207
Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools	209
	698
Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools	767
Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Schools	862
	1,173
Most Focused Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,464
Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools	1,560

In 2021, 36 students received their master’s degree in business, management and marketing from USW. This makes it the #767 most popular school for business, management and marketing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in business, management and marketing, making the school the #147 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Business, Management & Marketing Student Demographics at USW

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business, management and marketing majors at University of the Southwest.

USW Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 76% of business, management and marketing bachelor's degrees went to men and 24% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% more racial-ethnic minorities in its business, management and marketing bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of the Southwest with a bachelor's in business, management and marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

USW Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Program

Of the 36 students who earned a master's degree in Business, Management & Marketing from USW in 2020-2021, 47% were men and 53% were women.

In the business, management and marketing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of the Southwest with a master's in business, management and marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

USW also has a doctoral program available in business, management and marketing. In 2021, 5 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Business, Management & Marketing

If you plan to be a business, management and marketing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of the Southwest. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Business Administration & Management	16
Finance & Financial Management	12
Accounting	10
Human Resource Management	8
Marketing	5
International Business	4
Other Business, Management & Marketing	2
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	1

Careers That Business, Management & Marketing Grads May Go Into

A degree in business, management and marketing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NM, the home state for University of the Southwest.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	27,800	$34,710
Customer Service Representatives	20,470	$31,380
General and Operations Managers	13,880	$101,720
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	9,720	$53,930
Retail Sales Supervisors	8,560	$40,110

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Bildungsroman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.