2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in New Mexico

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In 2020-2021, 59,565 people earned their degree in computer science, making the major the 12th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, computer science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $67,538 and had an average of $23,620 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 61 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,709 and $0 respectively.

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

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in New Mexico

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

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science in New Mexico

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New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Socorro, New Mexico

#3 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in New Mexico. This small school is located in Socorro, New Mexico, and it awarded 10 masters’s compsci degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Computer Science at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

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

#5 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in New Mexico. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s compsci students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Computer Science at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science in the Southwest Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science

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.

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