2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Professions (Income $75-$110k) in New Mexico

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 Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 934,088 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, health professions is the 2nd most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $44,506 and had an average of $32,284 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 6,304 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,599 and $25,457 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 368 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,967 and $104,936 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in health professions. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great health professions programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the health professions program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico doctor’s degree health professions students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Professions (Income $75-$110k) in New Mexico

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k list. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s health professions degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Health Professions Doctor’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 New Mexico State University - Main Campus are $18,275.

Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus Health Professions Report

#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. UNM is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 221 doctorate’s health professions 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 Health Professions Doctor’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.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Health Professions Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Professions (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Professions (Income $75-$110k)

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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