Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #7 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in New Mexico to determine which ones were the best for engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,099 degrees in engineering annually.
Your choice of engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Engineering Schools in New Mexico.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in engineering. Located in the town of Socorro, New Mexico Tech is a public school with a small student population. This school ranks 7th out of 24 schools for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were roughly 165 engineering students who graduated with this degree at New Mexico Tech in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, engineering degree recipients usually earn an average of $54,785 in the first five years of their career.
University of New Mexico - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in engineering. UNM is a very large public university located in the large city of Albuquerque. A Best Colleges rank of #608 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UNM is a great university overall.
There were roughly 409 engineering students who graduated with this degree at UNM in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the engineering program earn about $70,119 in their early career salary.
Any student who is interested in engineering has to take a look at New Mexico State University - Main Campus. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Las Cruces. This university ranks 11th out of 24 schools for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were about 446 engineering students who graduated with this degree at NMSU Main Campus in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the engineering program make about $67,721 for their early career.
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).
Your choice of engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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