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2023 Best Value Social Work Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$5,545 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,665 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Work Master's Degree School for You

Social Work is one of the most popular subjects to study in New Mexico. With 270 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Social Work 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 social work 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico

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

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Social Work

#1

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, NM

Our 2023 rankings named Western New Mexico University the best value school in New Mexico for social work students working on their master’s degree. Located in the remote town of Silver City, Western New Mexico University is a public school with a small student population.

Western New Mexico University graduate students pay an average of $5,163 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Social Work at Western New Mexico University

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a great value for social work students working on their master’s degree. NMSU Main Campus is a large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NMSU Main Campus are $5,926 per year.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico list.

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

Best Value Social Work Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Social Work Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 2,211
Arizona 577
Oklahoma 185

One of 5 majors within the area of study, social work has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Administration 13,571
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 Army Medicine.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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