by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in New Mexico” ranking.
Accounting is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 8th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 99,265 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, accounting graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,712 and had an average of $26,539 in loans still to pay off.
Across New Mexico, there were 419 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,819 and $32,212 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 102 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,779 and $27,879 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in New Mexico” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in accounting. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their accounting program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in New Mexico” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico bachelor’s degree accounting students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Portales, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 31 students in 2020-2021.
Full Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus Accounting Report
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school handed out 59 degrees to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western New Mexico University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in New Mexico list. Western New Mexico University is a small public school situated in Silver City, New Mexico. It awarded 8 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the Southwest. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in New Mexico. Located in Hobbs, New Mexico, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brookline College - Albuquerque. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in New Mexico list. Brookline College - Albuquerque is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Northern New Mexico College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in New Mexico ranking. Northern New Mexico College is a small school located in Espanola, New Mexico that handed out 0 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
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