2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Area Studies in New Mexico

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in New Mexico” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Area Studies is the 115th most popular major in the country with 6,966 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, area studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $33,127 and had an average of $20,927 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 42 area studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,975 and $18,531 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 area studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,709 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in New Mexico” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in area studies. That schools that top this list have a program in area studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in New Mexico

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

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Area Studies in New Mexico

1

New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas, New Mexico

#9 overall quality in New Mexico

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Highlands University landed the #1 spot on the list. New Mexico Highlands University is a public institution located in Las Vegas, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 overall quality in New Mexico

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Area Studies Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 12 masters’s area studies degrees in 2020-2021.

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Karl Udo Gerth.