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2023 Best Value Music Schools in New Mexico

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$7,604 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,128 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music School for You

With 70 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, music is the #55 most popular major in New Mexico.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 Music Schools in New Mexico ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New Mexico to see which programs offered the best value experiences for music students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Music Schools in New Mexico

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for music majors pursuing a .

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality in Music

$7,301 Average Tuition & Fees

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

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

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

$7,906 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of New Mexico - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best music schools in New Mexico. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

Full Music at University of New Mexico - Main Campus Report

Best Value Music Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 2,085
Arizona 326
Oklahoma 378

More Music Rankings in New Mexico

One of 10 majors within the area of study, music has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts 37,413
Design & Applied Arts 36,301
Drama & Theater Arts 17,341
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 16,778
General Visual & Performing Arts 6,355

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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