2024 Best Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in New Mexico

a doctor's degree in engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #4 out of 36 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New Mexico to determine which ones were the best for engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 63 doctor's degrees in engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Engineering Schools

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 the Best Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in New Mexico.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Engineering in New Mexico

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in engineering.

Top New Mexico Schools for a Doctorate in Engineering

1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

23 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in engineering needs to look into University of New Mexico - Main Campus. Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in engineering from University of New Mexico - Main Campus

2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, NM

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

34 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in engineering has to check out New Mexico State University - Main Campus. Located in the suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in engineering from New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Best Engineering Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Engineering Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	29	1,012
Arizona	28	217
Oklahoma	26	83

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Engineering Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
General Engineering	56
Materials Engineering	2
Mechanical Engineering	2
Petroleum Engineering	2
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	1

Majors Similar to Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Physical Sciences	52
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	13
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations	12
Mathematics & Statistics	10

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes. More about our data sources and methodologies.