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Secondary Education at University of the Southwest

If you plan to study secondary education, 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 the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching from USW.

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

USW Secondary Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

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 secondary teaching at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

USW Secondary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the secondary teaching 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 secondary teaching major at USW is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Secondary Education. 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 Focused Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 56
Most Focused Secondary Education Schools 122
Best Value Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 135
Most Popular Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 137
171
Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 197
Most Popular Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools 273
Most Focused Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools 273
Most Popular Secondary Education Schools 333
Best Value Secondary Education Schools 338
340
Best Secondary Education Schools 405

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in secondary teaching from USW. This is the #273 most popular school for secondary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at USW

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

USW Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

83% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The secondary teaching program at USW awarded 6 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 17% of these degrees went to men with the other 83% going to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities in its secondary teaching 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 secondary teaching.

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

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

Careers That Secondary Teaching Grads May Go Into

A degree in secondary teaching 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
High School Teachers 7,010 $55,380

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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