2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Mexico

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Special Education is the 29th most popular major in the country with 36,792 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, special education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,679 and had an average of $24,977 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 236 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,408 and $21,650 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 89 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,709 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Mexico” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in special education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their special education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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

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

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Special Education in New Mexico

1

University of the Southwest
Hobbs, New Mexico

#13 overall quality in New Mexico

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Southwest landed the #1 spot on the list. USW is a small school located in Hobbs, New Mexico that handed out 17 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus
Portales, New Mexico

#11 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Mexico. This small school is located in Portales, New Mexico, and it awarded 21 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus Special Education Report

3

New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas, New Mexico

#9 overall quality in New Mexico

$40,518 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Highlands University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Mexico list. New Mexico Highlands University is a small school located in Las Vegas, New Mexico that handed out 9 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Special Education at New Mexico Highlands University

4

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 overall quality in New Mexico

$41,959 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 26 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.

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5

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

#5 overall quality in New Mexico

$53,244 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Mexico. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 14 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.

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6

Western New Mexico University
Silver City, New Mexico

#12 overall quality in New Mexico

Western New Mexico University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in New Mexico ranking, coming in at #6. This small school is located in Silver City, New Mexico, and it awarded 2 masters’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Special Education at Western New Mexico University

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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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