2023 Best Value Accounting Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Accounting Master's Degree School for You
Accounting is the #19 most popular major in New Mexico with 224 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Best Value Accounting Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in New Mexico to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for accounting students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Accounting
Our 2023 rankings named New Mexico State University - Main Campus the best value school in New Mexico for accounting students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a large student population.
NMSU Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $5,926 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
NMSU Main Campus not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico list.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of New Mexico - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value accounting schools in New Mexico. UNM is a very large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.
UNM graduate students pay an average of $7,115 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 3 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Southwest landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Hobbs, USW is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USW are $22,500 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, USW is ranked #4 for overall quality for accounting in New Mexico.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 7,220 |
| Arizona | 2,243 |
| Oklahoma | 1,069 |
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Majors Related to Accounting
Accounting is one of 21 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 416,590 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 57,778 |
| General Business/Commerce | 56,042 |
| Marketing | 52,916 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 43,382 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.
- 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 the rest 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).
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