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2022 Best Vallue Education Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making Over $110k

6 Ranked Colleges
782 Degrees Awarded
$18,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Education Schools for a Master's in New Mexico For Those Making Over $110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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.

With 310,601 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, education is the 4th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,887 and had an average of $30,244 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 2,222 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,459 and $22,862 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 782 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Education Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the 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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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 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Education (Income Over $110k) in New Mexico

#1

University of the Southwest

Hobbs, New Mexico
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the Southwest. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Education Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making Over $110k. This small school is located in Hobbs, New Mexico, and it awarded 114 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

USW also made our “Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at USW are $22,500, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of the Southwest Education Report

#2

New Mexico Highlands University

Las Vegas, New Mexico
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico Highlands University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Education Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making Over $110k. New Mexico Highlands University is a small school located in Las Vegas, New Mexico that handed out 125 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

New Mexico Highlands University also made our “Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico Highlands University are $11,646, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full New Mexico Highlands University Education Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Education Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making Over $110k. This medium-sized school is located in Portales, New Mexico, and it awarded 138 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ENMU - Main Campus, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best 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 ENMU - Main Campus are $7,110.

Full ENMU - Main Campus Education Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. The school came in at #4 for the Best Vallue Education Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making Over $110k. Located in Socorro, New Mexico, this small public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified masters’s education students in 2019-2020.

New Mexico Tech also took the #0 spot in our “Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology are $25,602, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Vallue Education Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making Over $110k. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 139 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also made our “Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Education at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

#6

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#1 in overall quality

University of New Mexico - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Vallue Education Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making Over $110k ranking. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 197 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM also made our “Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UNM Education Report

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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