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2023 Best Value Education Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$6,913 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,367 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Master's Degree School for You

Education is the most popular major in New Mexico with 904 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Education Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in New Mexico to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico

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

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Education

Our analysis found New Mexico State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for education students who want to pursue a master’s degree in New Mexico. Located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NMSU Main Campus are $5,926 a year.

NMSU Main Campus also took the #5 spot in our Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico rankings.

Full Education at New Mexico State University - Main Campus Report

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

ENMU - Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $5,351 in in-state tuition and fees each 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 #3 for overall quality for education in New Mexico.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico list. UNM is a very large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNM are $7,115 a year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means New Mexico Highlands University is a great value for education students working on their master’s degree. New Mexico Highlands University is a small public school located in the remote town of Las Vegas.

New Mexico Highlands University graduate students pay an average of $7,698 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

New Mexico Highlands University also took the #2 spot in our Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico rankings.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Southwest. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico list. Located in the rural area of Hobbs, USW is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

USW graduate students pay an average of $22,500 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

USW not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico list.

Full Education at University of the Southwest Report

Best Value Education Colleges in the Southwest Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 12,019
Texas 11,415
Oklahoma 1,574

Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784
Student Counseling 13,840
Instructional Media Design 8,387
Teaching English or French 4,743
Other Education 2,513
Multilingual Education 1,672
Educational Assessment 1,215
Education Philosophy 421
International Education 257
Teaching Assistants 20

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major Annual Graduates
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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 Horadrim.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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