2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Fine & Studio Arts is the 29th most popular major in the country with 39,860 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, fine and studio arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $23,847 and had an average of $28,316 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 190 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $18,100 and $26,943 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in fine and studio arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fine and studio arts 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 fine and studio arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $75-$110k) in New Mexico

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts 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 #1 spot on the list. NMSU Main Campus is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new mexico master’s degree fine arts students whose families make $75-$110k list, NMSU Main Campus has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts 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 NMSU Main Campus are $18,275.

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#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$27,439 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s Fine Arts degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new mexico master’s degree fine arts students whose families make $75-$110k list, UNM has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts 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 University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890.

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.

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