2022 Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Special Education is the 41st most popular major in the country with 22,244 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across New Mexico, there were 173 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 67 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general special education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general special education 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 general special education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Special Education in New Mexico

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico list. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s teaching students with disabilities students in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 25 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890.

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#3

New Mexico Highlands University

Las Vegas, New Mexico

#3 in overall quality

$11,646 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Highlands University landed the #3 spot on the list. New Mexico Highlands University is a public institution located in Las Vegas, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

New Mexico Highlands University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico Highlands University are $11,646.

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#4

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

Portales, New Mexico

#4 in overall quality

$7,110 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico list. Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is a medium-sized school located in Portales, New Mexico that handed out 9 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ENMU - Main Campus, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus are $7,110, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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.

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