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2023 Best Value Social Work Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$5,545 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,665 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Work Master's Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, social work was ranked 9th in New Mexico. In fact, 418 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Social Work Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New Mexico to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for social work 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 Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Social Work Master's Degree Colleges.

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Social Work

#1

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, NM

Our analysis found Western New Mexico University to be the best value school for social work students who want to pursue a master’s degree in New Mexico. Western New Mexico University is a small public school located in the town of Silver City.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Western New Mexico University are $5,163 a year.

Read full report on Social Work at Western New Mexico University

Out of the 2 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public school 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 also made our Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on Social Work at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Best Value Social Work Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 4,151
Arizona 1,294
Oklahoma 340

Social Work is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Administration 16,905
Human Services 13,238
Public Policy 6,430
Community Organization & Advocacy 3,096
Other Public Administration 588

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 Army Medicine.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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