2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in New Mexico

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 11,925 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 78th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,152 and had an average of $20,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 127 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $6,212 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 47 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,967 and $104,936 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in New Mexico

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$108,649 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 #1 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 33 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Engineering at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

#2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 #2 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also made our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #2. 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.

Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus General Engineering Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

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