by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
New Mexico Highlands University came in at #705 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking.
New Mexico Highlands University also ranked #4 for Best Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico.
The total graduate student population at New Mexico Highlands University is made up of 73.3% women and 26.7% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
About 62.3% of the graduate students who attend New Mexico Highlands University are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 4.8% of graduate students hail from another country. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $5,580 | $9,036 |
| Fees | $2,118 | $2,118 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from New Mexico Highlands University enter careers with an average starting salary of $42,840. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 27% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of New Mexico Highlands University.
Contact details for New Mexico Highlands University are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 803 University Ave, Las Vegas, NM 87701 |
| Phone: | 505-425-7511 |
| Website: | www.nmhu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/pages/Las-Vegas-NM/New-Mexico-Highlands-University/42432561291 |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/NMHighlands |
Around 84.7% of New Mexico Highlands University graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. For that same period, 63.7% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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