2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in New Mexico

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Optics/Optical Sciences is the 783rd most popular major in the country with 189 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across New Mexico, there were 13 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great optics/optical sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the optics/optical sciences 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 Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in New Mexico

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s optics/optical sciences degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Optics/Optical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Optics/Optical Sciences Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences (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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