2022 Best Value Student Counseling 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 Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Student Counseling is the 73rd most popular major in the country with 14,055 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, student counseling graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,174 and had an average of $42,631 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 188 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,650 and $37,250 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 184 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in student counseling. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent student counseling programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the student counseling program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Student Counseling in New Mexico

#1

New Mexico Highlands University

Las Vegas, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$11,646 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$36,488 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Highlands University landed the #1 spot on the list. New Mexico Highlands University is located in Las Vegas, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 65 masters’s student counseling degrees to qualified students.

New Mexico Highlands University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico Highlands University are $11,646, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full New Mexico Highlands University Student Counseling Report

#2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#4 in overall quality

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 8 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also took the #4 spot in our “Best Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus Student Counseling Report

#3

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#3 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$41,937 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 19 degrees to qualified masters’s student counseling students in 2019-2020.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Student Counseling 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 University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890.

Read full report on Student Counseling at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

#4

University of the Southwest

Hobbs, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$22,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$46,673 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Southwest landed the #4 spot on the list. University of the Southwest is a small school located in Hobbs, New Mexico that handed out 81 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USW, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of the Southwest are $22,500, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Student Counseling 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

• *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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