2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $48-$75k) in New Mexico

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 559,661 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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 / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,995 and $14,630 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The liberal arts / sciences & humanities school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $48-$75k) in New Mexico

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 1 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also took the #0 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico State University - Main Campus are $18,275, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

St. John's College

Santa Fe, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$28,612 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St. John’s College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k list. Santa Fe, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

St. John’s did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. John’s are $28,612, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $48-$75k)

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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