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2023 Best Value General Education Schools in New Mexico

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$6,915 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,605 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Education School for You

General Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in New Mexico. With 163 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 6th out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value General Education Schools in New Mexico to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New Mexico to see which programs offered the best value experiences for education students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value General Education Schools in New Mexico

Check out the education programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality in General Education

$7,301 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named New Mexico State University - Main Campus the best value school in New Mexico for general education students. NMSU Main Campus is a 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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$6,528 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is a great value for general education students. Located in the town of Portales, ENMU - Main Campus is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ENMU - Main Campus are $6,528 per year.

ENMU - Main Campus did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best General Education Schools in New Mexico list.

Full General Education at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus Report

Best Value General Education Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 474
Arizona 817
Oklahoma 73

General Education is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784

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 KOKUYO.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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