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2023 Most Popular Social Work Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico

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$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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Social Work Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in New Mexico to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Social Work program at each school on the list.

Check out the social work master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in New Mexico.

#1

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, NM

Our 2023 rankings named Western New Mexico University the most popular 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 college with a small student population.

Women make up 84% of the social work majors at the school.

Full Social Work at Western New Mexico University Report

Out of the 2 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces.

About 83% of the students majoring in social work at the school are women while 17% are male.

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Best Social Work Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Most Popular 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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