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2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$7,364 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,137 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Graduate Certificate 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in New Mexico to see which graduate certificate 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.

2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Education

Our analysis found Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus to be the best value school for education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in New Mexico. ENMU - Main Campus is a small public school located in the remote town of Portales.

ENMU - Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $5,351 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

ENMU - Main Campus also took the #3 spot in our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico rankings.

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

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NMSU Main Campus are $5,926 per year.

NMSU Main Campus also made our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico list, coming in at #4.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New Mexico Highlands University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico list. New Mexico Highlands University is a small public school located in the remote town of Las Vegas.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at New Mexico Highlands University are $7,698 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, New Mexico Highlands University is ranked #5 for overall quality for education in New Mexico.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico list. New Mexico Tech is a small public school located in the remote town of Socorro.

New Mexico Tech graduate students pay an average of $8,717 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

New Mexico Tech also took the #2 spot in our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico rankings.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico list. UNM is a very large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

UNM graduate students pay an average of $7,115 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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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 5 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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