2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science in New Mexico

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Computer Science is the 12th most popular major in the country with 59,565 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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.

This year’s “Most Well Attended CompSci Major in New Mexico for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in computer science. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in computer science.

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Most Well Attended CompSci Major in New Mexico for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended CompSci Major in New Mexico for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular 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

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended CompSci Major in New Mexico for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is a public institution located in Socorro, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 masters’s 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.

Full New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Computer Science Report

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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 Most Well Attended CompSci Major in New Mexico for a Master’s. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 3 masters’s compsci degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Computer Science at NMSU Main Campus

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