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Most Popular Physical Sciences Schools in New Mexico

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2023 Most Popular Physical Sciences Schools in New Mexico

5 Colleges
$19,802 Avg Salary
$14,926 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Physical Sciences School for You

In 2020-2021, physical sciences students earned 103 degrees and certificates from a New Mexico school, making the subject the 8th in the state.

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The Most Popular Physical Sciences Schools in New Mexico ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in New Mexico to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Physical Sciences program at each school on the list.

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Our 2023 rankings named University of New Mexico - Main Campus the most popular school in New Mexico for physical sciences students. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Physical Sciences Schools in New Mexico list. NMSU Main Campus is a large public school located in the suburb of Las Cruces.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is a great place for physical sciences students. Located in the town of Socorro, New Mexico Tech is a public college with a small student population.

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Out of the 5 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Highlands University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the town of Las Vegas, New Mexico Highlands University is a public school with a small student population.

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Out of the 5 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the town of Portales, ENMU - Main Campus is a public school with a small student population.

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Best Physical Sciences Colleges in the Southwest Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 255
Texas 904
Oklahoma 155

Physical Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 5,005
Physics 3,727
Geological & Earth Sciences 2,491
Materials Sciences 448
Astronomy & Astrophysics 371
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 342
Other Physical Science 191
General Physical Sciences 107
Physics and Astronomy 23

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering 61,791
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Engineering Technologies 7,672

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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 NASA.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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