2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $75-$110k) in New Mexico

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Social Work is the 12th most popular major in the country with 57,618 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, social work graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,459 and had an average of $30,084 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 407 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,000 and $17,639 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 192 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social work. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent social work programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the social work program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 Social Work Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico master’s degree social work students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $75-$110k) 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 Social Work Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k list. Silver City, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 139 students in 2019-2020.

Western New Mexico University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western New Mexico University are $10,348, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Social Work at Western New Mexico University

#2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$45,190 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school handed out 53 degrees to qualified masters’s social work students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NMSU Main Campus, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico State University - Main Campus are $18,275, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Social Work at NMSU Main Campus

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $75-$110k)

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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