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2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$6,521 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,277 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Geography & Cartography Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 9 degrees and certificates were awarded to geography and cartography students who went to a New Mexico college or university. This makes it the #67 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Geography & Cartography Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New Mexico to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for geography students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico

Check out the geography master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Geography & Cartography

Our analysis found University of New Mexico - Main Campus to be the best value school for geography and cartography students who want to pursue a master’s degree in New Mexico. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

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

Full Geography & Cartography at University of New Mexico - Main Campus Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at New Mexico State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value geography and cartography schools in New Mexico. Located in the suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NMSU Main Campus are $5,926 a year.

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

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Best Value Geography & Cartography Colleges in the Southwest Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Texas 124
Arizona 93
Oklahoma 15

Geography & Cartography is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Sociology 1,907
Anthropology 1,446

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 Couleur.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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