2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid

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In 2019-2020, 97,666 people earned their degree in public administration and social service, making the major the 14th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, public administration and social service graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,142 and had an average of $32,304 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 504 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,320 and $30,803 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 77 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,108 and $24,162 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in public administration and social service. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public administration and social service programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public administration and social service 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 Public Administration & Social Service 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 public administration & social service students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service in New Mexico (With Aid)

#1

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$12,411 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Western New Mexico University landed the #1 spot on the list. Silver City, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s public administration and social service degrees to 25 students in 2019-2020.

Western New Mexico University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Western New Mexico University is $12,411 for new mexico bachelor’s degree public administration & social service students with aid.

Read more about Public Administration & Social Service at Western New Mexico University

#2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$8,659 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service 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. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s public administration and social service degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also made our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for New Mexico State University - Main Campus is $8,659 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree Public Administration & Social Service students with aid.

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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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