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Best Value General Education Schools in New Mexico

2023 Best Value General Education Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$5,445 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,605 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Education School for You

In 2020-2021, 219 degrees and certificates were awarded to general education students who went to a New Mexico college or university. This makes it the #20 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value General Education Schools in New Mexico to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in New Mexico to see which programs offered the best value experiences for education 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 in General Education

$2,505 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Santa Fe Community College to be the best value school for general education students who want to pursue a degree in New Mexico. Located in the small suburb of Santa Fe, SFCC is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SFCC are $2,505 a year.

SFCC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best General Education Schools in New Mexico list.

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$7,301 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a great value for general education students. Located in the suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NMSU Main Campus are $7,301 a year.

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$6,528 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in New Mexico. ENMU - Main Campus is a small public school located in the remote town of Portales.

ENMU - Main Campus undergraduate students pay an average of $6,528 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

ENMU - Main Campus not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best General Education Schools in New Mexico list.

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Best Value General Education Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value General Education Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 1,639
Arizona 859
Oklahoma 234

One of 14 majors within the area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to KOKUYO.

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