2023 Most Popular Colleges for General Educational Leadership & Administration in New Mexico

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Educational Leadership and Administration Major in New Mexico” ranking.

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.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Educational Leadership and Administration Major in New Mexico” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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.

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Most Well Attended Educational Leadership and Administration Major in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Educational Leadership and Administration Major in New Mexico”.

Top 5 Most Popular 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

$36,973 Average Early-Career Earnings

$20,260 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Educational Leadership and Administration Major in New Mexico list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 28 ’s educational leadership and administration degrees in 2020-2021.

Full NMSU Main Campus General Educational Leadership & Administration Report

2

Western New Mexico University
Silver City, New Mexico

#12 overall quality in New Mexico

$51,426 Average Early-Career Earnings

$30,882 Average Student Debt

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Educational Leadership and Administration Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Western New Mexico University landed the #2 spot on the list. Western New Mexico University is a public institution located in Silver City, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 24 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Western New Mexico University General Educational Leadership & Administration Report

3

New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas, New Mexico

#9 overall quality in New Mexico

$37,927 Average Early-Career Earnings

$17,398 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Highlands University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Educational Leadership and Administration Major in New Mexico list. Located in Las Vegas, New Mexico, this small public school handed out 21 degrees to qualified ’s educational leadership and administration students in 2020-2021.

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4

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 overall quality in New Mexico

$45,271 Average Early-Career Earnings

$19,843 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Educational Leadership and Administration Major in New Mexico list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 16 degrees to qualified ’s educational leadership and administration students in 2020-2021.

Full UNM General Educational Leadership & Administration Report

5

University of the Southwest
Hobbs, New Mexico

#13 overall quality in New Mexico

$42,227 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,031 Average Student Debt

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Educational Leadership and Administration Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Southwest landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Hobbs, New Mexico, and it awarded 9 ’s educational leadership and administration degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Educational Leadership & Administration at USW

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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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