2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Education in New Mexico

Education is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #3 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New Mexico to determine which ones were the most popular for education students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 78 doctor's degrees in education during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Education in New Mexico

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in education.

Most Well Attended Schools for Education Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, NM

46 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In NM

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

New Mexico State University - Main Campus is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in education. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Las Cruces. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in education in New Mexico. More information about a doctorate in education from New Mexico State University - Main Campus

2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

32 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In NM

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of New Mexico - Main Campus if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in education. UNM is a very large public university located in the city of Albuquerque. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in education in New Mexico. More information about a doctorate in education from University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Best Education Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Most Popular Education Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	30	881
Arizona	28	475
Oklahoma	25	74

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Education Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Curriculum & Instruction	31
Educational Administration	23
Other Education	7
Teacher Education Subject Specific	6
Education Philosophy	5
Special Education	5
Educational Assessment	1

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Social Sciences	30
Psychology	20
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies	9
History	4

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Horadrim. More about our data sources and methodologies.