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Health Education at New Mexico Highlands University

Health Education at New Mexico Highlands University

If you are interested in studying health education, you may want to check out the program at New Mexico Highlands University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

New Mexico Highlands University is located in Las Vegas, New Mexico and has a total student population of 2,777.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Education section at the bottom of this page.

New Mexico Highlands University Health Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in School Health Education

New Mexico Highlands University Health Education Rankings

The school health education major at New Mexico Highlands University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

School Health Education Student Demographics at New Mexico Highlands University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the school health education majors at New Mexico Highlands University.

New Mexico Highlands University Health Education Bachelor’s Program

57% Women
86% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 43% of school health education bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical school health education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at New Mexico Highlands University since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 48% more racial-ethnic minorities in its school health education bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico Highlands University with a bachelor's in school health education.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 1
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That School Health Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in school health education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NM, the home state for New Mexico Highlands University.

Occupation Jobs in NM Average Salary in NM
High School Teachers 7,010 $55,380
Middle School Teachers 3,760 $52,810
Education Professors 90 $67,260

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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