2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $30-$48k) in New Mexico

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

With 56,762 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, social work is the 8th most popular major in the United States.

Across New Mexico, there were 407 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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 $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social work. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great social work programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the social work 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 Social Work Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $30-$48k) 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 $30-$48k 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 also took the #1 spot in our “Best Social Work 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 join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 53 masters’s social work degrees to qualified students.

NMSU Main Campus also made our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #2. 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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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (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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