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Best Value Economics Schools in New Mexico

2023 Best Value Economics Schools in New Mexico

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$7,604 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,677 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Economics School for You

With 93 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, economics is the #49 most popular major in New Mexico.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Economics Schools in New Mexico ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in New Mexico to see which ones offered the best value programs for economics 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality in Economics

$7,301 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found New Mexico State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for economics students who want to pursue a degree in New Mexico. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces.

NMSU Main Campus undergraduate students pay an average of $7,301 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$7,906 Average Tuition & Fees

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 #2 on this year’s Best Value Economics Schools in New Mexico list. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNM are $7,906 per year. Economics majors at UNM take out an average of $18,035 in student loans while working on their egree.

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Best Value Economics Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 2,206
Arizona 504
Oklahoma 145

Economics is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Economics

Related Major Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government 49,282
Sociology 38,475
General Social Sciences 18,997
International Relations & National Security 14,306
Anthropology 11,415

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 pixabay.

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