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Best Value Public Administration Schools in New Mexico

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2023 Best Value Public Administration Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$7,604 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,377 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Public Administration Schools in New Mexico ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New Mexico to see which programs offered the best value experiences for public admin 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 Public Administration Schools in New Mexico

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for public admin majors pursuing a .

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality in Public Administration

$7,301 Average Tuition & Fees

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

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

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$7,906 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of New Mexico - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best public administration schools in New Mexico. UNM is a very large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNM are $7,906 per year.

UNM did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Public Administration Schools in New Mexico list.

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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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to The Official CTBTO Photostream.

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