2025 Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in New Mexico

Nursing is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #5 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 34 doctor's degrees in nursing during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on nursing students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of nursing students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for nursing to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized nursing related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Nursing in New Mexico

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in nursing.

Top New Mexico Schools for a Doctorate in Nursing

1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

12 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in nursing has to check out University of New Mexico - Main Campus. UNM is a fairly large public university located in the city of Albuquerque.More information about a doctorate in nursing from University of New Mexico - Main Campus

2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, NM

22 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in nursing needs to take a look at New Mexico State University - Main Campus. NMSU Main Campus is a large public university located in the suburb of Las Cruces.More information about a doctorate in nursing from New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Best Nursing Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Nursing Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	165	485
Arizona	119	594
Oklahoma	92	63

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Nursing Related Rankings by Major

Nursing is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Nursing Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing Practice	30
Nursing Science	4

Majors Similar to Nursing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	221
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	70
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	26
Public Health	4

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 Aleksahgabrielle. More about our data sources and methodologies.