Health & Medical Administrative Services at University of the Southwest

If you plan to study health and medical administrative services, 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. Of the 2 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of the Southwest in 2021, 2 of them were health and medical administrative services majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health & Medical Administrative Services section at the bottom of this page.

USW Health & Medical Administrative Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Master’s Degree in Health & Medical Administrative Services

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 health and medical administrative services at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

USW Health & Medical Administrative Services Rankings

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

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 health and medical administrative services major at USW is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health & Medical Administrative Services. 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 Popular Online Health/Medical Admin Services Doctor’s Degree Schools	12
Most Popular Health/Medical Admin Services Doctor’s Degree Schools	28
Most Focused Health/Medical Admin Services Doctor’s Degree Schools	28
Most Focused Health/Medical Admin Services Master’s Degree Schools	77
	115
	132
Most Popular Health/Medical Admin Services Master’s Degree Schools	253
Best Health/Medical Admin Services Master’s Degree Schools	307
Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Master’s Degree Schools	313
Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	318
Most Focused Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	361
Best Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	410
Most Popular Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	419
Most Popular Online Health/Medical Admin Services Schools	475
	671
Most Focused Health/Medical Admin Services Schools	753
Most Popular Health/Medical Admin Services Schools	1,144
Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Schools	1,184
Best Health/Medical Admin Services Schools	1,441

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in health and medical administrative services from USW. This makes it the #254 most popular school for health and medical administrative services master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in health and medical administrative services, making the school the #29 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health & Medical Administrative Services Student Demographics at USW

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health and medical administrative services majors at University of the Southwest.

USW Health & Medical Administrative Services Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of health and medical administrative services bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 52% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health and medical administrative services 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 health and medical administrative services.

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

USW Health & Medical Administrative Services Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 health and medical administrative services majors earned their master's degree from USW. Of these graduates, 44% were men and 56% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in health and medical administrative services each year. USW does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 32% more men than average.

In the health and medical administrative services master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 56% of degree recipients. That is 8% 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 health and medical administrative services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

USW also has a doctoral program available in health and medical administrative services. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Health & Medical Administrative Services

If you plan to be a health and medical administrative services major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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
Health Care Management	11

Related Majors

• Mental & Social Health Services

Careers That Health & Medical Administrative Services Grads May Go Into

A degree in health and medical administrative services 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
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	9,720	$53,930
Medical Assistants	5,960	$30,750
Medical Secretaries	4,860	$32,680
Managers	2,850	$96,490
Computer User Support Specialists	2,250	$43,190

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.