Health Care Management at University of the Southwest

If you are interested in studying health care management, you may want to check out the program at University of the Southwest. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

USW is located in Hobbs, New Mexico and has a total student population of 904. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students received a bachelor's degree in health care management from USW.

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

USW Health Care Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Care Management
• Master’s Degree in Health Care Management

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.

USW does offer online education options in health care management for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

USW Health Care Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health care management 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 care management major at USW is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Care 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 Popular Online Health Care Management Doctor’s Degree Schools	12
Most Focused Health Care Management Doctor’s Degree Schools	26
Most Popular Health Care Management Doctor’s Degree Schools	26
Most Focused Health Care Management Master’s Degree Schools	67
	90
	95
Most Focused Health Care Management Schools	149
	195
Most Popular Online Health Care Management Schools	207
Most Popular Health Care Management Master’s Degree Schools	214
Best Value Health Care Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	238
Best Health Care Management Master’s Degree Schools	253
Best Value Health Care Management Master’s Degree Schools	260
Most Focused Health Care Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	291
Best Health Care Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	318
Most Popular Health Care Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	334
Most Popular Health Care Management Schools	379
Best Value Health Care Management Schools	490
Best Health Care Management Schools	518

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in health care management from USW. This makes it the #215 most popular school for health care management master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in health care management, making the school the #27 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Care Management Student Demographics at USW

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

USW Health Care Management Bachelor’s Program

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

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 55% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health care management 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 care management.

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 Care Management Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 health care management 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 22% men graduate in health care management each year. USW does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 23% more men than average.

In the health care management master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 56% of degree recipients. That is 11% 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 care management.

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 care management. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Health Care Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in health care management 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
Medical and Health Services Managers	1,640	$122,650

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.