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

1 Ranked Colleges
17 Degrees Awarded
$7,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Communications Schools for a Master's in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 $48-$75k” 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.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communication and media studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Communications 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 communications students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $48-$75k) in New Mexico

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Portales, New Mexico, this medium-sized public school awarded 17 degrees to qualified masters’s communications students in 2019-2020.

ENMU - Main Campus also took the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus are $7,110, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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