2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism 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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in New Mexico” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Journalism is the 69th most popular major in the country with 11,380 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across New Mexico, there were 70 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 70 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,779 and $27,879 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in New Mexico” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general journalism. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general journalism program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in New Mexico”.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in New Mexico

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

#5 overall quality in New Mexico

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 37 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Journalism at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

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University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in New Mexico list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 33 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.

Full University of New Mexico - 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

• *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

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