2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income Over $110k) in New Mexico

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Education Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Education is the 35th most popular major in the country with 29,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 259 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,100 and $38,285 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 184 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Education Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general education 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 general education 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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The education 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 “Best Vallue Education Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making Over $110k”.

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Best Vallue Education Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Education Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income Over $110k) in New Mexico

#1

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

Portales, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$7,110 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$47,846 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Education Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making Over $110k list. Portales, New Mexico is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s education degrees to 112 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ENMU - Main Campus, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus are $7,110.

Full ENMU - Main Campus General Education Report

#2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Education Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. NMSU Main Campus is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 72 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also made our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Education at NMSU Main Campus

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income Over $110k)

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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