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2023 Most Popular Education Schools in New Mexico

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

Finding the Best Education 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 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 7 schools in New Mexico to see which ones were the most popular 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 .

Our 2023 rankings named University of New Mexico - Main Campus the most popular school in New Mexico for education students. UNM is a very large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Education Schools in New Mexico list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Schools in New Mexico list. ENMU - Main Campus is a small public school located in the remote town of Portales.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of the Southwest. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Education 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.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Highlands University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Schools in New Mexico list. New Mexico Highlands University is a small public school located in the remote town of Las Vegas.

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#6

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, NM

Western New Mexico University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular education programs. Western New Mexico University is a small public school located in the remote town of Silver City.

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New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Education Schools in New Mexico ranking. New Mexico Tech is a small public school located in the town of Socorro.

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Best 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 7 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.

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