2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services in New Mexico

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In 2020-2021, 12,323 people earned their degree in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services, making the major the 68th most popular in the United States.

Across New Mexico, there were 179 counselor education/school counseling and guidance services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 161 counselor education/school counseling and guidance services graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,709 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in New Mexico” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services. That schools that top this list have a program in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in New Mexico”.

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services in New Mexico

1

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 #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in New Mexico. University of the Southwest is a small school located in Hobbs, New Mexico that handed out 77 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas, New Mexico

#9 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Highlands University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in New Mexico list. New Mexico Highlands University is a small school located in Las Vegas, New Mexico that handed out 47 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

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 #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in New Mexico list. Silver City, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.

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4

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 overall quality in New Mexico

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 #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in New Mexico. UNM is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 21 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services 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

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 Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in New Mexico. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 8 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2020-2021.

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Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus
Portales, New Mexico

#11 overall quality in New Mexico

With a ranking of #6, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major in New Mexico list. ENMU - Main Campus is a small public school situated in Portales, New Mexico. It awarded 1 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2020-2021.

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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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