2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 101,094 accounting students received their degree, making the major the 8th most popular in the country. 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.

This year’s “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in accounting. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality accounting programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the accounting program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico master’s degree accounting students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting in New Mexico (With Aid)

#1

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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 53 degrees to qualified masters’s accounting students in 2019-2020.

UNM also made our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Accounting Report

#2

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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #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

#3

University of the Southwest

Hobbs, New Mexico

$22,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Southwest. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Hobbs, New Mexico, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s accounting students in 2019-2020.

USW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USW are $22,500, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Accounting at University of the Southwest

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting in the Southwest Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting (With Aid)

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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