2022 Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Nursing Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Getting Aid” 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 Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing in New Mexico (With Aid)

#1

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

Portales, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$7,110 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid. 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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at ENMU - Main Campus are $7,110.

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

#2

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 join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 46 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNM, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Nursing at UNM

#3

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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. NMSU Main Campus is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees 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 NMSU Main Campus are $18,275, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full NMSU Main Campus Nursing Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing in the Southwest Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (With Aid)

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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