2022 Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Mental Health Counseling/Counselor is the 126th most popular major in the country with 6,851 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across New Mexico, there were 40 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 39 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mental health counseling/counselor. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mental health counseling/counselor 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 mental health counseling/counselor 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor (Income $48-$75k) in New Mexico

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 21 masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also took the #1 spot in our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’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 full report on Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at NMSU Main Campus

#2

University of the Southwest

Hobbs, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$22,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Southwest landed the #2 spot on the list. University of the Southwest is located in Hobbs, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USW, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USW are $22,500, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor (Income $48-$75k)

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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