Accounting is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #10 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in New Mexico to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of accounting. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 60 master's degrees in accounting during the 2022-2023 academic year.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to accounting students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of accounting students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt accounting students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized accounting related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for accounting students working on their master's degree.
The accounting school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Accounting Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Accounting in New Mexico
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in accounting.
Top New Mexico Schools for a Master's in Accounting
Every student who is interested in a master's degree in accounting needs to take a look at University of New Mexico - Main Campus. UNM is a very large public university located in the city of Albuquerque.
Accounting master's degree recipients from University of New Mexico - Main Campus receive an earnings boost of approximately $2,629 above the typical earnings of accounting graduates.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in accounting. NMSU Main Campus is a large public university located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces.
Master's graduates who receive their degree from the accounting program make around $59,756 for their early career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
