2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 5,476 people earned their degree in geography, making the major the 144th most popular in the United States.

Across New Mexico, there were 45 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 32 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,108 and $24,162 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in geography. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality geography 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 geography program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico bachelor’s degree geography students with aid.

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

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$14,446 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s 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. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 23 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s geography students in 2019-2020.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. The estimated yearly cost for UNM is $14,446 for new mexico bachelor’s degree geography students with aid.

Read more about Geography at UNM

#2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$8,659 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 9 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. The yearly cost to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus is $8,659 for new mexico bachelor’s degree geography students with aid.

Read more about Geography at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

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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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