2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 101,094 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, accounting is the 8th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, accounting graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $44,557 and had an average of $26,381 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 414 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,450 and $28,669 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 78 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in accounting. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality accounting programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the accounting program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting (Income $30-$48k) in New Mexico

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$57,995 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school handed out 18 degrees to qualified masters’s accounting students in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus Accounting Report

#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$63,377 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 53 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #2 spot in our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Accounting at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

#3

University of the Southwest

Hobbs, New Mexico

$22,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Southwest landed the #3 spot on the list. Hobbs, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s accounting degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USW, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USW are $22,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Accounting at University of the Southwest

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting (Income $30-$48k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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