2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in New Mexico

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Secondary Education is the 84th most popular major in the country with 10,547 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across New Mexico, there were 221 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,709 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in New Mexico” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in secondary education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their secondary education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in New Mexico”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in New Mexico

1

Western New Mexico University
Silver City, New Mexico

#12 overall quality in New Mexico

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Western New Mexico University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Silver City, New Mexico, this small public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s secondary teaching students in 2020-2021.

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2

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 #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in New Mexico. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 26 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Secondary Education Report

3

University of the Southwest
Hobbs, New Mexico

#13 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Southwest. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in New Mexico list. USW is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hobbs, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Secondary Education at University of the Southwest

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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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