2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Engineering is the 78th most popular major in the country with 11,925 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,152 and had an average of $20,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 127 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $6,212 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 47 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,967 and $104,936 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico doctor’s degree engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in New Mexico

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$108,649 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 33 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Engineering at UNM

#2

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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 14 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NMSU Main Campus, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Engineering at NMSU Main Campus

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

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