Accounting at University of the Southwest

If you are interested in studying accounting, 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. Of the 82 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of the Southwest in 2021, 3 of them were accounting majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

USW Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at USW

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

USW does offer online education options in accounting for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

USW Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at USW compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at USW is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. 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
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	86
	421
Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	497
Most Focused Accounting Schools	676
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,017
	1,099
Best Value Accounting Schools	1,367

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in accounting from USW. This makes it the #425 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at USW

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at University of the Southwest.

USW Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from USW in 2020-2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting 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 accounting.

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

USW Accounting Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students earned a master's degree in accounting from USW. About 71% of these graduates were women and the other 29% were men.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from USW, 86% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USW also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• International Business
• Marketing
• Human Resource Management

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting 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
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	7,540	$37,600
Accountants and Auditors	6,050	$66,370
Financial Managers	2,250	$104,790
Financial Analysts	1,010	$103,040
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	730	$39,050

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.