2023 Most Popular Colleges for General Journalism in New Mexico

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in New Mexico” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Journalism is the 69th most popular major in the country with 11,380 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across New Mexico, there were 70 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Journalism Major in New Mexico” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general journalism. To top this list, a school must have a successful general journalism program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Journalism Major in New Mexico

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico journalism students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for General Journalism in New Mexico

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New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, New Mexico

#5 overall quality in New Mexico

$36,973 Average Early-Career Earnings

$20,260 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Journalism Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 37 ’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.

Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus General Journalism Report

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University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 overall quality in New Mexico

$45,271 Average Early-Career Earnings

$19,843 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Journalism Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s journalism degrees to 33 students in 2020-2021.

Full UNM General Journalism Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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