2025 Best History Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Mexico

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in history, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #20 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New Mexico to determine which ones were the best for history students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 68 bachelor's degrees in history to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on history students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other history students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for history to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized history related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for history students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best History Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Mexico list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study History in New Mexico

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in history.

Top New Mexico Schools for a Bachelor's in History

1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

36 Annual Graduates

$29,793 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in history has to take a look at University of New Mexico - Main Campus. UNM is a very large public university located in the large city of Albuquerque.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the history program report average early career income of $29,793.

More information about a bachelor’s in history from University of New Mexico - Main Campus

2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, NM

15 Annual Graduates

New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a good choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in history. NMSU Main Campus is a large public university located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces.More information about a bachelor’s in history from New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Best History Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best History Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	245	1,871
Arizona	200	470
Oklahoma	190	188

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History Related Rankings by Major

One of 0 majors within the History area of study, History has other similar majors worth exploring.

History Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General History	68

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.