2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychology in New Mexico (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 183,889 psychology students received their degree, making the major the 7th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,496 and had an average of $36,227 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 1,008 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,260 and $18,823 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,967 and $104,936 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in psychology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great psychology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the psychology 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 Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychology in New Mexico (With Aid)

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 12 doctorate’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM also made our “Best Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$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 #2 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s psychology degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychology (With Aid)

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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