by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in New Mexico” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Philosophy is the 83rd most popular major in the country with 9,787 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , philosophy graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $30,510 and had an average of $21,103 in loans still to pay off.
Across New Mexico, there were 43 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,078 and $24,165 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in New Mexico” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in philosophy. That schools that top this list have a program in philosophy in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in New Mexico”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in New Mexico list. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 35 ’s philosophy degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in New Mexico list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 8 ’s philosophy degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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