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Best Value Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Mexico

2023 Best Value Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$7,153 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,000 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, education students earned 1,831 degrees and certificates from a New Mexico school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in New Mexico to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Bachelor's in Education

Our 2023 rankings named Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus the best value school in New Mexico for education students working on their bachelor’s degree. ENMU - Main Campus is a small public school located in the town of Portales.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ENMU - Main Campus are $6,528 a year.

ENMU - Main Campus also made our Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico list, coming in at #1.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at New Mexico State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in New Mexico. Located in the suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NMSU Main Campus are $7,301 per year.

NMSU Main Campus also made our Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico list, coming in at #4.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at New Mexico Highlands University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in New Mexico. New Mexico Highlands University is a small public school located in the town of Las Vegas.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at New Mexico Highlands University are $6,876 per year.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of New Mexico - Main Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in New Mexico. UNM is a very large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNM are $7,906 per year.

UNM did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico list.

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Best Value Education Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 16,265
Texas 17,614
Oklahoma 3,171

Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832
Student Counseling 13,858
Instructional Media Design 8,695
Teaching English or French 5,791
Other Education 4,858
Teaching Assistants 2,751
Educational Assessment 2,552
Multilingual Education 1,910
Education Philosophy 737
International Education 293

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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 Horadrim.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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