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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Writing Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Writing Studies is the 76th most popular major in the country with 13,036 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, writing studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,483 and had an average of $27,853 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 207 writing studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,400 and $22,208 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 53 writing studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Writing Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in writing studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent writing studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the writing studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico master’s degree writing students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Writing Studies (Income $30-$48k) in New Mexico

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$34,082 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Writing Schools for a Master’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. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school handed out 16 degrees to qualified masters’s writing students in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico State University - Main Campus are $18,275, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Writing Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s writing degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

UNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890.

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

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