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2026 Highest Paid Student Counseling Grads in New Mexico

[Student Counseling](/majors/education/student-counseling/) graduates earn very different salaries depending on where they study. The highest-paying schools turn a student counseling degree into the strongest early-career earnings.

To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 3 schools on the early-career earnings of their student counseling graduates.

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• Highest Paid Student Counseling Grads in New Mexico

2026 Highest Paid Student Counseling Grads in New Mexico

If you want to know which schools send student counseling graduates into the highest-paying careers, see the list below.

Highest Paid Student Counseling Graduates

1

University Of The Southwest
Hobbs, NM

$59,414 Average Early-Career Salary

Leading the list is University Of The Southwest, our #1 for student counseling graduate salaries in New Mexico. University Of The Southwest is a private not-for-profit school located in the town of Hobbs. Students who complete the student counseling program here go on to a median salary of roughly $59,414.

2

New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas, NM

$55,437 Average Early-Career Salary

New Mexico Highlands University came in at #2 on our 2026 list of the highest-paying student counseling schools. Located in the town of Las Vegas, New Mexico Highlands University is a public institution. After graduating, student counseling degree recipients from New Mexico Highlands University typically earn about $55,437 annually.

3

University Of New Mexico Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

$49,015 Average Early-Career Salary

A rank of #3 makes University Of New Mexico Main Campus one of the highest-paying schools for student counseling. University Of New Mexico Main Campus is a public school located in the city of Albuquerque. After graduating, student counseling degree recipients from University Of New Mexico Main Campus typically earn about $49,015 annually.

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Notes and References

This list is compiled by College Factual, 2026 edition. Schools are ranked on the median early-career earnings of their student counseling graduates, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard field-of-study earnings and IPEDS).

Ranking method: College Major Earnings · 3 schools evaluated.

*Salary figures reflect median early-career earnings (about 5 years after graduation) and may vary by how long a person takes to complete their degree.

• 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.
• Graduate earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard) field-of-study earnings.

More about our data sources and methodologies.