2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Physical Sciences is the 18th most popular major in the country with 52,879 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, physical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $38,122 and had an average of $22,339 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 331 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,800 and $11,494 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 81 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in physical sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physical sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the physical sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico master’s degree physical sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in New Mexico

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

$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 Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 17 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also made our “Best Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico State University - Main Campus are $18,275, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Physical Sciences at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k. UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 46 masters’s physical sciences degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNM, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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