2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Public Administration is the 58th most popular major in the country with 17,269 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, public administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $48,859 and had an average of $42,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 65 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,450 and $43,514 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 63 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public administration programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public administration program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico master’s degree public admin students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $30-$48k) in New Mexico

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also made our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus Public Administration Report

#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$50,022 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k. UNM is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 48 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM also made our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #1. 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.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Public Administration Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $30-$48k)

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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