If you pursue a master's degree in public health, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #14 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Public Health Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 86 master's degrees in public health to qualified students.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to public health students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other public health students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for public health to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized public health related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for public health students working on their master's degree.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Public Health Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico list to help you make the college decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Public Health in New Mexico
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in public health.
Top New Mexico Schools for a Master's in Public Health
University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a good decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in public health. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public university with a very large student population.
Those public health students who get their master's degree from University of New Mexico - Main Campus earn $7,624 more than the average public health grad.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a good choice for individuals pursuing a master's degree in public health. Located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public university with a large student population.
After graduating, public health master's recipients generally earn about $54,327 in the first five years of their career.
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).
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