2024 Best Value Colleges for Educational Assessment in New Mexico

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Assessment Schools in New Mexico” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Educational Assessment is the 184th most popular major in the country with 2,552 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, educational assessment graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $55,573 and had an average of $34,777 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 35 educational assessment graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Assessment Schools in New Mexico” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in educational assessment. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality educational assessment programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the educational assessment program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Assessment Schools in New Mexico” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Assessment Schools in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Assessment Schools in New Mexico.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Educational Assessment in New Mexico

1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$14,424 Average Net Price

$45,271 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Assessment Schools in New Mexico. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 25 ’s assessment degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNM, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Educational Assessment Schools in New Mexico” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of New Mexico - Main Campus is $14,424 for new mexico assessment students.

Full UNM Educational Assessment Report

2

University of the Southwest
Hobbs, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$17,336 Average Net Price

$42,227 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Southwest. It ranked #2 on our 2024 Best Value Assessment Schools in New Mexico list. Located in Hobbs, New Mexico, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified ’s assessment students in 2020-2021.

USW not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Educational Assessment Schools in New Mexico” list. It costs about $17,336 for new mexico assessment students per year to attend University of the Southwest.

Full USW Educational Assessment 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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to US Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Paul J. Phelps.