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2023 Best Nursing Schools in New Mexico

4 Colleges
$64,717 Avg Salary
$24,800 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Nursing School for You

In 2020-2021, nursing students earned 106 degrees and certificates from a New Mexico school, making the subject the 9th in the state.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Nursing Schools in New Mexico to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in New Mexico to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Nursing Schools in New Mexico

The colleges and universities below are the best for nursing majors pursuing a .

Top New Mexico Schools in Nursing

Our analysis found Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus to be the best school for nursing students who want to pursue a degree in New Mexico. ENMU - Main Campus is a small public school located in the remote town of Portales.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a great place for nursing students. UNM is a very large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

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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 nursing students. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#4

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, NM

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western New Mexico University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Nursing Schools in New Mexico list. Western New Mexico University is a small public school located in the remote town of Silver City.

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Best Nursing Colleges in the Southwest Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Texas 3,662
Arizona 3,385
Oklahoma 165

One of 29 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
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