2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $0-$30k) in New Mexico

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Liberal Arts General Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 1st of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 559,661 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, liberal arts general studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 8,011 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,995 and $14,630 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,967 and $104,936 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts general studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the liberal arts general studies 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 Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico doctor’s degree liberal arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $0-$30k) in New Mexico

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#1 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 Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s liberal arts degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico State University - Main Campus are $18,275, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus Liberal Arts General Studies Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $0-$30k)

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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