2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 68,079 communication and media studies students received their degree, making the major the 9th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, communication and media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,728 and had an average of $24,931 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 134 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,500 and $8,728 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and media studies 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 communication and media studies 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 Communications Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico master’s degree communications students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $0-$30k) in New Mexico

#1

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

Portales, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$7,110 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$40,485 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Portales, New Mexico is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s communications degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

ENMU - Main Campus also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at ENMU - Main Campus are $7,110, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at ENMU - Main Campus

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $0-$30k)

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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