2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Civil Engineering is the 45th most popular major in the country with 21,561 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, civil engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $60,122 and had an average of $23,807 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 130 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,850 and $20,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in civil engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality civil engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the civil engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in New Mexico

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k list. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s civil eng degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico State University - Main Campus are $18,275, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$57,318 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k list. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 20 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income $48-$75k)

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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