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

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

Communication & Media Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 9th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 68,079 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, communication and media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,728 and had an average of $24,931 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 134 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,500 and $8,728 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication and media studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Communications Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Communications 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 communications students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in New Mexico (With Aid)

#1

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

Portales, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$7,110 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$40,485 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid. ENMU - Main Campus is a medium-sized school located in Portales, New Mexico that handed out 17 masters’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

ENMU - Main Campus also took the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at ENMU - Main Campus are $7,110, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Southwest Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (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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