2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Public Admin for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
54
Degrees Awarded
$30,800
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Public Admin for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Public Administration is the 49th most popular major in the country with 16,897 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across New Mexico, there were 55 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public administration programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public administration program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Public Admin for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Public Admin for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New Mexico
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Public Admin for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public admin degrees to 41 students in 2020-2021.
UNM also made our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #1.Of the 22,311 students enrolled at UNM, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UNM]](/colleges/university-of-new-mexico-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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