2023 Most Popular Colleges for Communications in New Mexico

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Communication Arts Major in New Mexico” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Communications is the 67th most popular major in the country with 12,001 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across New Mexico, there were 100 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Communication Arts Major in New Mexico” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communications. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in communications.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Communication Arts Major in New Mexico

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico communication arts students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Communications in New Mexico

1

Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 overall quality in New Mexico

$30,582 Average Early-Career Earnings

$9,447 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Communication Arts Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Central New Mexico Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Central New Mexico Community College is a fairly large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 71 ’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.

Full CNM Communications Report

2

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

#5 overall quality in New Mexico

$36,973 Average Early-Career Earnings

$20,260 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Communication Arts 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. 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 29 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus Communications Report

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.