2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Income $0-$30k) in New Mexico

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 16,240 people earned their degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies, making the major the 30th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,827 and had an average of $22,562 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 83 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $20,075 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies 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 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies 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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Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Income $0-$30k) 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 1 schools in the Best Value Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees to qualified students.

UNM also made our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Income $0-$30k)

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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