2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,362 people earned their degree in general family and consumer sciences, making the major the 143rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general family and consumer sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,585 and had an average of $25,171 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 32 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $21,250 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,108 and $24,162 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general family and consumer sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general family and consumer sciences programs and cost less that 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 general family and consumer sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in New Mexico

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$14,446 Average Net Price

$26,643 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM also made our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus is $14,446 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Science students.

Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at UNM

#2

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

Portales, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$9,516 Average Net Price

$23,351 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico list. ENMU - Main Campus is a medium-sized school located in Portales, New Mexico that handed out 2 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2019-2020.

ENMU - Main Campus also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. The yearly cost to attend ENMU - Main Campus is $9,516 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Science students.

Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at ENMU - Main Campus

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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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