2025 Best Journalism Schools in New Mexico

A degree in journalism is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #69 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New Mexico to determine which ones were the best for journalism students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 77 degrees in journalism annually.

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Journalism Rankings by Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Journalism Schools in New Mexico list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Journalism in New Mexico

The schools below may not offer all types of journalism degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top New Mexico Schools in Journalism

1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

$32,423 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in journalism needs to check out University of New Mexico - Main Campus. UNM is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Albuquerque.

Soon after graduation, journalism degree recipients generally earn about $32,423 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a degree in journalism from University of New Mexico - Main Campus

2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, NM

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

48 Journalism Degrees Awarded

22.9% Growth in Graduates

New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a great option for students interested in a degree in journalism. NMSU Main Campus is a large public university located in the suburb of Las Cruces.

Graduates who receive their degree from the journalism program earn about $32,825 for their early career.

More information about a degree in journalism from New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Best Journalism Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Journalism Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	317	888
Arizona	287	362
Oklahoma	257	436

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Rankings in Majors Related to Journalism

Journalism is one of 5 different types of Communication & Journalism programs to choose from.

Journalism Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Journalism	77

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Majors Similar to Journalism

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies	127
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	15

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Notes and References

• 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).
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