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2023 Most Popular Education Doctor's Degree Schools in New Mexico

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Finding the Best Education Doctor'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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Education Doctor's Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in New Mexico to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Education program at each school on the list.

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

Our analysis found University of New Mexico - Main Campus to be the most popular school for education students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in New Mexico. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

Of the 34 students majoring in education at UNM, 35% are male and 65% are female.

Read full report on Education at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a great place for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 64% of the education majors at the school.

Full Education at New Mexico State University - Main Campus Report

Out of the 3 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Southwest landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Hobbs, USW is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Full Education at University of the Southwest Report

Best Education Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Most Popular Education Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

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 3 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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