2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Curriculum & Instruction in New Mexico

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In 2020-2021, 19,832 people earned their degree in curriculum and instruction, making the major the 55th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, curriculum and instruction graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $50,993 and had an average of $28,557 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 50 curriculum and instruction graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,300 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 36 curriculum and instruction graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,709 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Curriculum Major in New Mexico” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in curriculum and instruction. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in curriculum and instruction.

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

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

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Curriculum & Instruction in New Mexico

1

University of the Southwest
Hobbs, New Mexico

#13 overall quality in New Mexico

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Curriculum Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Southwest landed the #1 spot on the list. University of the Southwest is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hobbs, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 23 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Curriculum & Instruction at USW

2

New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas, New Mexico

#9 overall quality in New Mexico

$48,271 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Highlands University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Curriculum Major in New Mexico list. New Mexico Highlands University is located in Las Vegas, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 masters’s curriculum degrees to qualified students.

Full New Mexico Highlands University Curriculum & Instruction Report

3

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

#5 overall quality in New Mexico

$37,054 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Curriculum Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s curriculum degrees to qualified students.

Full NMSU Main Campus Curriculum & Instruction 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.

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