2024 Best Secondary Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Mexico

Secondary Education is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #102 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New Mexico to determine which ones were the best for secondary education students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 61 bachelor's degrees in secondary education to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to secondary education students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other secondary education students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized secondary education related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for secondary education students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The secondary teaching 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 the Best Secondary Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Mexico.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Secondary Education in New Mexico

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in secondary education.

Top New Mexico Schools for a Bachelor's in Secondary Teaching

1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

34 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of New Mexico - Main Campus if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in secondary education. UNM is a very large public university located in the city of Albuquerque.More information about a bachelor’s in secondary education from University of New Mexico - Main Campus

2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, NM

17 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat New Mexico State University - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in secondary education. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Las Cruces.More information about a bachelor’s in secondary education from New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Best Secondary Education Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	572	9
Oklahoma	377	31
Arizona	356	323

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Rankings in Majors Related to Secondary Teaching

One of 13 majors within the Teacher Education Grade Specific area of study, Secondary Education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Secondary Teaching

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Elementary Education	185
Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching	42
Early Childhood Education	40

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 Vgrigas. More about our data sources and methodologies.