Ranked #19 in popularity, sociology is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Sociology Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 85 bachelor's degrees in sociology to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Sociology School for Your Bachelor's Degree
Your choice of sociology for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to sociology students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of sociology students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt sociology students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized sociology related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for sociology students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Sociology Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Mexico list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Sociology in New Mexico
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in sociology.
Top New Mexico Schools for a Bachelor's in Sociology
University of New Mexico - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in sociology. UNM is a very large public university located in the large city of Albuquerque.
Sociology bachelor's degree recipients from University of New Mexico - Main Campus receive an earnings boost of about $3,683 over the typical earnings of sociology majors.
Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in sociology. Located in the remote town of Portales, ENMU - Main Campus is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the sociology program state that they receive average early career income of $29,167.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in sociology. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public university located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces.
Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the sociology program make around $31,376 in the first couple years of working.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
Your choice of sociology for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
