2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Engineering is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 6th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 200,458 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,888 and had an average of $23,564 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 1,141 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,136 and $20,111 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 723 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,108 and $24,162 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent 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 engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in New Mexico

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$7,006 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 310 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. The yearly cost to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus is $7,006 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Engineering at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

#2

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Socorro, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$12,297 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Socorro, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 174 students in 2019-2020.

New Mexico Tech also made our “Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $12,297 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Engineering at New Mexico Tech

#3

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#3 in overall quality

$14,458 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 237 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. It costs about $14,458 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Read full report on Engineering at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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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