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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Special Education in New Mexico (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
67 Degrees Awarded
$16,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master's in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 22,244 people earned their degree in general special education, making the major the 41st most popular in the United States.

Across New Mexico, there were 173 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 67 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general special education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general special education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general special education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Special Education in New Mexico (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.

NMSU Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico State University - Main Campus are $18,275.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid list. Portales, New Mexico is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

ENMU - Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at ENMU - Main Campus are $7,110, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

New Mexico Highlands University

Las Vegas, New Mexico
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Highlands University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Las Vegas, New Mexico, this small public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2019-2020.

New Mexico Highlands University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico Highlands University are $11,646.

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#4

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to 25 students in 2019-2020.

UNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

University of the Southwest

Hobbs, New Mexico

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Southwest landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Hobbs, New Mexico, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new mexico master’s degree teaching students with disabilities students with aid list, USW has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USW are $22,500, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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%.

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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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