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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 37,807 people earned their degree in sociology, making the major the 24th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, sociology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,727 and had an average of $23,622 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 251 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,450 and $17,976 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in sociology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent sociology 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 sociology 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 Sociology Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sociology (Income $0-$30k) in New Mexico

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$26,353 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 Sociology Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 12 masters’s sociology degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also took the #1 spot in our “Best Sociology Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico State University - Main Campus are $18,275.

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

#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s sociology degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNM, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Sociology Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sociology (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sociology (Income $0-$30k)

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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