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Most Popular Online Nursing Schools in New Mexico

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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Schools in New Mexico

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

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 Most Popular Online Nursing Schools in New Mexico ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New Mexico to see which online programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Nursing Colleges.

Our analysis found New Mexico State University - Main Campus to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue an online degree in New Mexico. Located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Nursing at New Mexico State University - Main Campus Report

#2

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, NM

The excellent online programs at Western New Mexico University helped the school earn the #2 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 remote town of Silver City.

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

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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 2 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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