2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in New Mexico

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Engineering is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 6th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 200,458 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,888 and had an average of $23,564 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 1,141 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,136 and $20,111 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 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” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in New Mexico

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 33 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new mexico doctor’s degree engineering students list, UNM has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890.

Full UNM Engineering Report

#2

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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico list. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified doctorate’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also took the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico State University - Main Campus are $18,275.

Read more about Engineering at NMSU Main Campus

#3

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Socorro, New Mexico

#3 in overall quality

$25,602 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Socorro, New Mexico, this small public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

New Mexico Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico Tech are $25,602.

Read full report on Engineering at New Mexico Tech

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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

• *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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