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2023 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Schools in New Mexico

4 Schools Ranked

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Doctor's Degree Schools in New Mexico to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in New Mexico to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.

Learn more about these popular schools below:

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
440 Total Awards
$7,115 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of New Mexico - Main Campus to be the most popular school for students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in New Mexico. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large public school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 440 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 57% of those degree recipients were women.

Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UNM. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 38% took at least some of their classes online.

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120 Total Awards
$5,926 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at New Mexico State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular schools in New Mexico. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, the fairly large public school handed out 120 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 44% were women.

NMSU Main Campus does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2019-2020 about 50% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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16 Total Awards
$8,717 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is a great place for students working on their doctor’s degree. New Mexico Tech is a public institution located in Socorro, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 25% were women.

Online graduate courses are available at New Mexico Tech, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 78% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#4

University of the Southwest

Hobbs, New Mexico
5 Total Awards

Out of the 4 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Southwest landed the # 4 spot on the list. University of the Southwest is a small private not-for-profit school located in Hobbs, New Mexico that handed out 5 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 60% of those degree recipients were women.

USW is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

References

  • 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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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