General Studies at University of the Southwest

Every general studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the general studies program at University of the Southwest stacks up to those at other schools.

USW is located in Hobbs, New Mexico and has a total student population of 904.

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

USW General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Studies

USW General Studies Rankings

The general studies major at USW is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Studies. 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.

General Studies Student Demographics at USW

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

USW General Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of general studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical general studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at USW since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general studies 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 general studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

Careers That General Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in general studies 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

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.