Native American Studies at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

What traits are you looking for in a american indian studies school? To help you decide if University of New Mexico - Main Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's american indian studies program.

UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and approximately 22,311 students attend the school each year.

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

UNM Native American Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in American Indian Studies
• Master’s Degree in American Indian Studies

UNM Native American Studies Rankings

The american indian studies major at UNM is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Native American Studies. 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.

American Indian Studies Student Demographics at UNM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the american indian studies majors at University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

UNM Native American Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of american indian studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical american indian studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% men. So male students are more repesented at UNM since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its american indian studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of New Mexico - Main Campus with a bachelor's in american indian studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

UNM Native American Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of american indian studies master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 24% men graduate in american indian studies each year. UNM does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of New Mexico - Main Campus with a master's in american indian studies.

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

Related Majors

• Ethnic Studies
• African American Studies
• Women’s Studies
• Latino Studies

Careers That American Indian Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in american indian studies 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 University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By PerryPlanet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.