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2023 Best Value Education Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$7,749 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,185 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education 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.

The Best Value Education 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 6 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.

2023 Best Value Education Schools in New Mexico

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

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality in Education

$1,684 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Central New Mexico Community College the best value school in New Mexico for education students. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CNM are $1,684 per year. Education majors at CNM take out an average of $9,562 in student loans while working on their egree.

CNM did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Education Schools in New Mexico list.

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$6,528 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Education Schools in New Mexico list. ENMU - Main Campus is a small public school located in the remote town of Portales.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ENMU - Main Campus are $6,528 per year. Education majors at ENMU - Main Campus take out an average of $22,982 in student loans while working on their egree.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, ENMU - Main Campus is ranked #3 for overall quality for education in New Mexico.

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$7,301 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Education Schools in New Mexico list. Located in the suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.

NMSU Main Campus undergraduate students pay an average of $7,301 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that education majors at NMSU Main Campus take out is $24,532.

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$6,876 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means New Mexico Highlands University is a great value for education students. New Mexico Highlands University is a small public school located in the town of Las Vegas.

New Mexico Highlands University undergraduate students pay an average of $6,876 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that education majors at New Mexico Highlands University take out is $14,707.

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$7,906 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Education Schools in New Mexico list. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNM are $7,906 per year. While working on their degree, education majors at UNM accumulate an average of around $18,650 in student debt.

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$16,200 Average Tuition & Fees

University of the Southwest ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Education Schools in New Mexico list. Located in the rural area of Hobbs, USW is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at USW are $16,200 a year. While working on their degree, education majors at USW accumulate an average of around $25,010 in student debt.

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Best Value Education Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Education Colleges 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 6 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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