2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting in New Mexico

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Accounting is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 8th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 101,094 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in accounting. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great accounting programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting 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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 masters’s accounting degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our new mexico master’s degree accounting students list, NMSU Main Campus has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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 2 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 53 masters’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. 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.

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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

• *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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