2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in New Mexico

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In 2019-2020, 20,913 people earned their degree in general civil engineering, making the major the 36th most popular in the United States.

Across New Mexico, there were 123 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general civil engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general civil engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general civil engineering 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 Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in New Mexico

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 13 masters’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

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

Read more about General Civil Engineering at NMSU Main Campus

#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 14 masters’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM also made our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890.

Full UNM General Civil Engineering Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering (Income $48-$75k)

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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