2022 Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Nursing Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Nursing is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 313,362 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, nursing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $67,065 and had an average of $26,282 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 1,460 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,329 and $21,507 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 69 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in nursing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great nursing programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the nursing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico master’s degree nursing students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (Income $0-$30k) in New Mexico

#1

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

Portales, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$7,110 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k list. Portales, New Mexico is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s nursing degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

ENMU - Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus are $7,110, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Nursing at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

#2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$69,338 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s nursing degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also made our “Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico State University - Main Campus are $18,275, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full NMSU Main Campus Nursing Report

#3

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$99,648 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 Nursing Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 46 masters’s nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM also made our “Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UNM Nursing Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (Income $0-$30k)

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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