2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,548 people earned their degree in urban and regional planning, making the major the 170th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, urban and regional planning graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $48,040 and had an average of $39,156 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 9 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,400 and $40,580 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality urban and regional planning programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the urban and regional planning program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico master’s degree urban planning students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning (Income $48-$75k) in New Mexico

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$45,026 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 9 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNM, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Urban & Regional Planning Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning (Income $48-$75k)

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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