2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico

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General Journalism is the 58th most popular major in the country with 12,336 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across New Mexico, there were 95 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 95 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,108 and $24,162 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general journalism. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general journalism programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general journalism program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico bachelor’s degree journalism students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in New Mexico

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$14,446 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 48 bachelors’s journalism degrees to qualified students.

UNM also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNM is $14,446 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students.

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#2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$8,659 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s 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 fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 47 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. The estimated yearly cost for NMSU Main Campus is $8,659 for new mexico bachelor’s degree journalism students.

Full NMSU Main Campus General Journalism 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

• *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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