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2023 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico

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$61,137 Avg Salary
$20,697 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Education Graduate Certificate 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 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate 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 6 schools in New Mexico to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Education program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for education majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named New Mexico Highlands University the most popular school in New Mexico for education students working on their graduate certificate. New Mexico Highlands University is a small public school located in the town of Las Vegas.

Of the 44 students majoring in education at New Mexico Highlands University, 30% are male and 70% are female.

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#2

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, NM

Out of the 6 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 town of Silver City.

Of the 39 students majoring in education at Western New Mexico University, 21% are male and 79% are female.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a great place for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 21 students majoring in education at NMSU Main Campus, 10% are male and 90% are female.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular education schools in New Mexico. ENMU - Main Campus is a small public school located in the town of Portales.

About 80% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 20% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico list. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

Women make up 57% of the education majors at the school.

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

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. New Mexico Tech is a small public school located in the town of Socorro.

Read full report on Education at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

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 6 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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