2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Biology Studies in New Mexico

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Sciences Major in New Mexico” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Biology Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 6th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 95,999 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across New Mexico, there were 569 biology studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 52 biology studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,709 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Sciences Major in New Mexico” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in biology studies. That schools that top this list have a program in biology studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Sciences Major in New Mexico

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico master’s degree biological sciences students.

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Biology Studies in New Mexico

1

University of the Southwest
Hobbs, New Mexico

#13 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Southwest. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Sciences Major in New Mexico list. Located in Hobbs, New Mexico, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s biological sciences students in 2020-2021.

Full University of the Southwest Biology Studies Report

2

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Socorro, New Mexico

#3 overall quality in New Mexico

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Sciences Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is located in Socorro, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s biological sciences degrees to qualified students.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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3

New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas, New Mexico

#9 overall quality in New Mexico

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Sciences Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Highlands University landed the #3 spot on the list. Las Vegas, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s biological sciences degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.

Full New Mexico Highlands University Biology Studies Report

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Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus
Portales, New Mexico

#11 overall quality in New Mexico

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Sciences Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is a small public school situated in Portales, New Mexico. It awarded 5 masters’s biological sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

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New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, New Mexico

#5 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Sciences Major in New Mexico list. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified masters’s biological sciences students in 2020-2021.

Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus Biology Studies Report

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University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 overall quality in New Mexico

University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Sciences Major in New Mexico ranking. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 13 masters’s biological sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.