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2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$6,915 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,577 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication & Media Studies School for You

Communication & Media Studies is the #44 most popular major in New Mexico with 24 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools in New Mexico ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in New Mexico to see which ones offered the best value programs for communications students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Communication & Media Studies Colleges.

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality in Communication & Media Studies

$7,301 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found New Mexico State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for communication and media studies students who want to pursue a degree in New Mexico. Located in the suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public school with a large student population.

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

Full Communication & Media Studies at New Mexico State University - Main Campus Report

$6,528 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best communication and media studies schools in New Mexico. ENMU - Main Campus is a small public school located in the remote town of Portales.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ENMU - Main Campus are $6,528 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, ENMU - Main Campus is ranked #5 for overall quality for communications in New Mexico.

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Best Value Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 313
Arizona 334
Oklahoma 34

One of 5 majors within the area of study, communication and media studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Relations & Advertising 2,828
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 2,562
Journalism 1,238
Communication & Journalism (Other) 341
Publishing 214

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 UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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