Finance & Financial Management at University of the Southwest

If you plan to study finance and financial 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 has a total student population of 904. In 2021, 6 finance majors received their bachelor's degree from USW.

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

USW Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance
• Master’s Degree in Finance

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.

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

• Master’s Degree

USW Finance & Financial Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance 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 finance major at USW is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance & Financial 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
	116
	116
	149
	160
	358
	522
	574
	634
	657
	728

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in finance from USW. This makes it the #116 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Finance Student Demographics at USW

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

USW Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of finance bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at USW since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% more racial-ethnic minorities in its finance 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 finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

USW Finance & Financial Management Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students graduated with a master's degree in finance from USW. About 67% were men and 33% were women.

In the finance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 23% 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 finance.

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

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

Concentrations Within Finance & Financial Management

The following finance concentations are available at University of the Southwest. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of the Southwest. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Finance	12

Related Majors

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

Careers That Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in finance 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
Tellers	2,700	$27,050
Financial Managers	2,250	$104,790
Loan Officers	1,470	$63,320
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	1,250	$34,430

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.