2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in New Mexico

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in New Mexico” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Civil Engineering is the 41st most popular major in the country with 19,994 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across New Mexico, there were 117 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,709 and $37,223 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in New Mexico” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general civil engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in general civil engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in New Mexico

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico master’s degree general civil engineering students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in New Mexico

1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in New Mexico list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 16 degrees to qualified masters’s general civil engineering students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Civil Engineering at UNM

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New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, New Mexico

#5 overall quality in New Mexico

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 13 masters’s general civil engineering degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Civil Engineering at NMSU Main Campus

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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