2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $75-$110k) in New Mexico

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 6,359 people earned their degree in general visual and performing arts, making the major the 125th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $24,577 and had an average of $26,968 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 74 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,800 and $19,351 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 73 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,108 and $24,162 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general visual and performing arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general visual and performing arts programs and cost less that 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 general visual and performing arts program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $75-$110k) in New Mexico

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$12,909 Average Net Price

$20,530 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’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 fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 17 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. It costs about $12,909 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

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#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$18,920 Average Net Price

$24,035 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 Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 55 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM also made our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus is $18,920 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus General Visual & Performing Arts Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (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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