2022 Best Value Corrections Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k

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 “Best Value Corrections Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,984 people earned their degree in corrections, making the major the 419th most popular in the United States.

Across New Mexico, there were 137 corrections graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 corrections 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 corrections programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the corrections program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Corrections Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k

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

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

#1

University of the Southwest

Hobbs, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$22,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Corrections Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Southwest landed the #1 spot on the list. USW is located in Hobbs, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s corrections degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USW, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Corrections Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USW are $22,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Corrections at University of the Southwest

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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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