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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Professions in New Mexico (With Aid)

2 Ranked Colleges
368 Degrees Awarded
$19,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Health Professions is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 2nd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 934,088 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 Getting Aid” 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the health professions 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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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 Getting Aid” 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 Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Professions in New Mexico (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid. NMSU Main Campus is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 14 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full NMSU Main Campus Health Professions Report

#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s health professions degrees to 221 students in 2019-2020.

UNM also took 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 you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UNM Health Professions Report

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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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