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2023 Best Value Social Work Schools in New Mexico

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$6,929 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,675 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Work 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.

The Best Value Social Work Schools in New Mexico ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in New Mexico to see which ones offered the best value 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 Schools in New Mexico

Check out the social work programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality in Social Work

#1

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, NM
$6,557 Average Tuition & Fees

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

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Western New Mexico University are $6,557 a year.

Western New Mexico University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Social Work Schools in New Mexico list.

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$7,301 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Social Work Schools in New Mexico list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces.

NMSU Main Campus undergraduate students pay an average of $7,301 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Social Work at New Mexico State University - Main Campus Report

Best Value Social Work Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Social Work Schools 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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