2022 Best Value Colleges for Agriculture in New Mexico (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Agriculture Schools in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,332 people earned their degree in agriculture, making the major the 188th most popular in the United States.

Across New Mexico, there were 34 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agriculture Schools in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in agriculture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agriculture programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agriculture program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Agriculture Schools in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico agriculture students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Agriculture in New Mexico (With Aid)

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$8,659 Average Net Price

$34,757 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 23 ’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agriculture Schools in New Mexico” ranking. It costs about $8,659 for new mexico agriculture students with aid per year to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus Agriculture Report

#2

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

Portales, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$9,516 Average Net Price

$34,400 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid. Portales, New Mexico is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s agriculture degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

ENMU - Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agriculture Schools in New Mexico” list. The yearly cost to attend ENMU - Main Campus is $9,516 for New Mexico Agriculture students with aid.

Read more about Agriculture at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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