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2023 Most Popular Online Education Schools in New Mexico

5 Colleges
$40,185 Avg Salary
$22,011 Avg Student Debt

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Education Schools in New Mexico ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in New Mexico to see which online programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online education programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in New Mexico.

Our 2023 rankings named New Mexico State University - Main Campus the most popular online school in New Mexico for education students. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public school with a large student population.

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#2

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, NM

Out of the 5 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Western New Mexico University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Western New Mexico University is a small public school located in the remote town of Silver City.

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Out of the 5 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. ENMU - Main Campus is a small public school located in the remote town of Portales.

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Out of the 5 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Highlands University landed the # 4 spot on the list. New Mexico Highlands University is a small public school located in the town of Las Vegas.

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The excellent online programs at University of the Southwest helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in New Mexico. Located in the rural area of Hobbs, USW is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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

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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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