2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Public Administration & Social Service is the 14th most popular major in the country with 97,666 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 257 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public administration and social service. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public administration and social service programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the public administration and social service program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service in New Mexico

#1

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$10,348 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western New Mexico University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico list. Located in Silver City, New Mexico, this small public school awarded 139 diplomas to qualified masters’s public administration and social service students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Western New Mexico University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western New Mexico University are $10,348, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 60 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also took the #2 spot in our “Best Public Administration & Social Service 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.

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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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