2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism in New Mexico (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Communication & Journalism 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 & Journalism is the 11th most popular major in the country with 121,387 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, communication and journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,549 and had an average of $24,893 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 245 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,225 and $15,243 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and journalism programs that also have a lower cost than 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 journalism program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism 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

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Portales, New Mexico, and it awarded 17 masters’s communication and journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

ENMU - Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at ENMU - Main Campus are $7,110, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Communication & Journalism at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

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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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Josh Hallett.

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