2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography in New Mexico (With 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, 8,936 people earned their degree in geography and cartography, making the major the 107th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, geography and cartography graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,126 and had an average of $23,577 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 71 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $23,403 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 32 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,108 and $24,162 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in geography and cartography. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent geography and cartography programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the geography and cartography 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 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 & Cartography in New Mexico (With Aid)

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$14,446 Average Net Price

$21,508 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 23 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. The yearly cost to attend UNM is $14,446 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree Geography students with aid.

Read full report on Geography & Cartography at UNM

#2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$8,659 Average Net Price

$17,624 Average Early-Career Earnings

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. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school handed out 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s geography students in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also took the #2 spot in our “Best Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NMSU Main Campus is $8,659 for new mexico bachelor’s degree geography students with aid.

Read more about Geography & Cartography 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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