2023 Best Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp 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 Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in New Mexico to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school us, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.
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Top Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico
Learn more about these excellent schools below:
Our analysis found New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology to be the best school for students who want to pursue a master’s degree in New Mexico.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at New Mexico Tech. In 2019-2020 about 78% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at New Mexico Highlands University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in New Mexico.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since New Mexico Highlands University does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 99% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is a great place for students working on their master’s degree.
Online graduate courses are available at ENMU - Main Campus, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 99% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Out of the 7 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Southwest landed the # 4 spot on the list.
If you are interested in distance education, USW is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
The excellent master’s degree programs at New Mexico State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in New Mexico.
NMSU Main Campus does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 50% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #6, University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their master’s degree.
Online graduate courses are available at UNM, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 38% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #7, Western New Mexico University did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their master’s degree.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Western New Mexico University. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 95% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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