University of the Southwest Business Programs

University of the Southwest is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Hobbs, New Mexico. The rural area surrounding the school is great for students who prefer living in a country setting.

Where Is University of the Southwest?

Contact details for USW are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	6610 North Lovington Hwy, Hobbs, NM 88240
Phone:	575-392-6561
Website:	www.usw.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/universityofthesouthwest
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/USW_HobbsNM

How Do I Get Into USW?

You can apply to USW online at: www.usw.edu/admissions/undergraduate_admission/undergraduate-admission-application

As long as you submit the requested materials to University of the Southwest when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford University of the Southwest?

The overall average net price of USW is $23,952. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At USW, approximately 92% of students took out student loans averaging $5,007 a year. That adds up to $20,028 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at USW is 12.2%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

University of the Southwest Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 370 undergraduate students at USW, with 300 being full-time and 70 being part-time.

There are also 534 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 300 full-time undergraduates at USW, 57% are male and 43% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of the Southwest students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	4
Black or African American	41
Hispanic or Latino	158
White	70
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

Geographic Diversity

New Mexico students aren't the only ones who study at University of the Southwest. At this time, 10 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 13 countries are represented at USW. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Colombia, Australia, and Netherlands.

Online Learning at University of the Southwest

In 2019-2020, 904 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at USW has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 6th most popular in New Mexico for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of USW

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at University of the Southwest was $16,200 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how USW is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
E-Commerce	#1	#1
Other Human Resources Management and Services	#4	#1
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#7	#7
Finance	#18	#15
General Hospitality Administration/Management	#25	#7
Other Business, Management & Marketing	#27	#18
Business Management & Marketing	#27	#18
Finance & Financial Management	#27	#21
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#33	#30
International Business	#34	#25
International Business/Trade/Commerce	#34	#25
Marketing	#39	#33
Hospitality Management	#40	#10
Interior Design Management	#49	#25

Online Growth Rankings of USW

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of the Southwest was -5.1%. This is the #753 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at USW regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at USW ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at USW.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Other Human Resources Management and Services	#17
E-Commerce	#20
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#81
Finance	#138
Interior Design Management	#140
Finance & Financial Management	#189
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#225
Marketing	#294
Human Resource Management	#342
Accounting	#362

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

University of the Southwest Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Finance	6	6	0	12
Accounting	3	7	0	10
Interior Design Management	0	8	1	9
Other Human Resources Management and Services	0	8	0	8
General Business Administration and Management	3	0	4	7
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	5	0	5
International Business/Trade/Commerce	3	1	0	4
Business Management & Marketing	2	0	0	2
E-Commerce	0	0	0	0
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	0	0	0	0
General Hospitality Administration/Management	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	17	35	5	57

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
• Image Credit: By Bildungsroman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.