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University of the Southwest

University of the Southwest
6610 N Lovington Highway
Hobbs, NM 88240-9129

Official telephone: (575) 392-6561
Website: https://www.usw.edu/
Screen last updated on: September 2025
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 337
Full-time undergraduates: 317
Part-time undergraduates: 20
Total graduate students: 609
Full-time graduate students: 101
Part-time graduate students: 508
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
2.2% American Indian or Alaskan Native
10.3% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
55.7% Hispanic/Latino
25.5% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
1.1% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
5.2% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 162 acres

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
Percent of students who live in school housing: 55%
Percent of students who live off campus: 31%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 65
School has a library on campus: yes

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, resumé assistance

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Student Government Association (SGA); Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE); Southwest Association of Future Educators; Fellowship of Christian Athletes; BEST

ATHLETICS

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballyes 
Men's baseball  
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball  
Men's cross-country running  
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's golfyes 
Men's golf  
Men's socceryes 
Men's soccer  
Men's tennis  
Men's tennisyes 
Men's track and field  
Men's track and fieldyes 
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball  
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's cross-country running  
Women's golf  
Women's golfyes 
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer  
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball  
Women's tennis  
Women's tennisyes 
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's track and field  
Women's volleyball  
Women's volleyballyes 

Intramural/Recreational sports:
badminton; basketball; soccer; volleyball; table tennis

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Lea County-Hobbs

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes

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