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2023 Best Value Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$6,521 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,728 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration Master's Degree School for You

With 54 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public administration is the #23 most popular major in New Mexico.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in New Mexico to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for public admin students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Public Administration Master's Degree Colleges.

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Public Administration

Our 2023 rankings named New Mexico State University - Main Campus the best value school in New Mexico for public administration students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.

NMSU Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $5,926 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

NMSU Main Campus also made our Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico list, coming in at #5.

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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico list. UNM is a very large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNM are $7,115 a year.

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

Best Value Public Administration Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Administration Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 862
Arizona 519
Oklahoma 57

One of 5 majors within the area of study, public administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Work 33,631
Public Policy 3,737
Human Services 1,277
Community Organization & Advocacy 741
Other Public Administration 295

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).
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