2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for General Educational Leadership & Administration 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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Educational Leadership and Administration Major in New Mexico for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 32,837 people earned their degree in general educational leadership and administration, making the major the 32nd most popular in the United States.

Across New Mexico, there were 103 general educational leadership and administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 58 general educational leadership and administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,709 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Educational Leadership and Administration Major in New Mexico for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general educational leadership and administration. To top this list, a school must have a successful general educational leadership and administration program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Educational Leadership and Administration Major in New Mexico for a Master’s

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

Top 5 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for General Educational Leadership & Administration in New Mexico

1

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 #1 for the Most Well Attended Educational Leadership and Administration Major in New Mexico for a Master’s. NMSU Main Campus is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus General Educational Leadership & Administration Report

2

Western New Mexico University
Silver City, New Mexico

#12 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western New Mexico University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Educational Leadership and Administration Major in New Mexico for a Master’s list. Western New Mexico University is a small public school situated in Silver City, New Mexico. It awarded 15 masters’s educational leadership and administration degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas, New Mexico

#9 overall quality in New Mexico

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Educational Leadership and Administration Major in New Mexico for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Highlands University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and it awarded 12 masters’s educational leadership and administration degrees in 2020-2021.

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4

University of the Southwest
Hobbs, New Mexico

#13 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the Southwest. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Educational Leadership and Administration Major in New Mexico for a Master’s. Hobbs, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s educational leadership and administration degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.

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University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 overall quality in New Mexico

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Educational Leadership and Administration Major in New Mexico for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s educational leadership and administration degrees to qualified students.

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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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