2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 102 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,108 and $24,162 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fine and studio arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fine and studio arts programs that also have a lower cost than 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Fine Arts 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 fine arts students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in New Mexico (With Aid)

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$14,446 Average Net Price

$20,140 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 59 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. The estimated yearly cost for UNM is $14,446 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students with aid.

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#2

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

Portales, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$9,516 Average Net Price

$20,140 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid list. ENMU - Main Campus is located in Portales, New Mexico and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ENMU - Main Campus, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is $9,516 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students with aid.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at ENMU - Main Campus

#3

Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development

Santa Fe, New Mexico

#3 in overall quality

$12,607 Average Net Price

$18,771 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid. Located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this small public school handed out 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.

Institute of American Indian Arts also took the #3 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development is $12,607 for new mexico bachelor’s degree fine arts students with aid.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Institute of American Indian Arts Fine & Studio Arts Report

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (With Aid)

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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