Business Administration & Management at University of the Southwest

If you plan to study business administration and management, take a look at what University of the Southwest has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 business administration and management majors.

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

USW Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration
• Doctorate Degree in Business Administration

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? USW offers distance education options for business administration at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

USW Business Administration & Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business administration 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 administration major at USW is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business Administration & Management. 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 Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools	20
Best Value Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools	154
Most Popular Online Business Administration & Management Schools	608
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	785
Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	980
Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	985
Most Popular Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	1,000
	1,163
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,234
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,444
Most Popular Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,451
Best Value Business Administration & Management Schools	1,613
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Schools	1,710
Most Popular Business Administration & Management Schools	1,971

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in business administration from USW. This makes it the #1,000 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in business administration, making the school the #101 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Business Administration Student Demographics at USW

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

USW Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3 business administration students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from USW, about 100% were men and 0% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 60% more racial-ethnic minorities in its business administration 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 administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USW Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of business administration master's degrees went to men and 38% went to women.

In the business administration master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 75% of degree recipients. That is 35% 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 administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USW also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2021, 5 students 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 Business Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in business administration 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
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
Managers	2,850	$96,490
Mechanic, and Repairer Supervisors	2,790	$65,110

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.