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2023 Best Value Nursing Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$7,073 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,717 Avg Salary

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Nursing Schools in New Mexico ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in New Mexico to see which programs offered the best value experiences for nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Nursing Schools in New Mexico

Check out the nursing programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality in Nursing

$6,528 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus to be the best value 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.

ENMU - Main Campus undergraduate students pay an average of $6,528 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

ENMU - Main Campus not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Nursing Schools in New Mexico list.

Read full report on Nursing at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

$7,301 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NMSU Main Campus are $7,301 per year.

Read full report on Nursing at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

$7,906 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of New Mexico - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in New Mexico. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNM are $7,906 a year.

UNM also took the #3 spot in our Best Nursing Schools in New Mexico rankings.

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

#4

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, NM
$6,557 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Western New Mexico University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in New Mexico. Western New Mexico University is a small public school located in the town of Silver City.

Western New Mexico University undergraduate students pay an average of $6,557 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Western New Mexico University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Nursing Schools in New Mexico list.

Full Nursing at Western New Mexico University Report

Best Value 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.

  • 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 Aleksahgabrielle.

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