2025 Best Engineering Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico

a master's degree in engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #6 out of 37 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Engineering Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 298 master's degrees in engineering during the 2021-2022 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt engineering students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for engineering students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Engineering Schools

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 Engineering Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Engineering in New Mexico

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in engineering.

Top New Mexico Schools for a Master's in Engineering

1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

150 Annual Graduates

University of New Mexico - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in engineering. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in engineering from University of New Mexico - Main Campus

2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, NM

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

105 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in engineering needs to look into New Mexico State University - Main Campus. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in engineering from New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Best Engineering Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Arizona	32	1,293
Texas	32	3,355
Oklahoma	32	397

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Engineering Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	61
Electrical Engineering	60
Industrial Engineering	39
Civil Engineering	34
Chemical Engineering	20
Computer Engineering	20
Nuclear Engineering	14
Biomedical Engineering	13
Materials Engineering	10
Petroleum Engineering	9

Most Popular Majors Related to Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Physical Sciences	63
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	55
Architecture & Related Services	34
Mathematics & Statistics	27
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations	22
Natural Resources & Conservation	5
Engineering Technologies	4
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences	2

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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes. More about our data sources and methodologies.