2022 Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Communication Sciences is the 48th most popular major in the country with 21,991 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, communication sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,716 and had an average of $35,422 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 181 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,967 and $28,510 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 94 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,108 and $24,162 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in communication sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communication 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 communication sciences program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico

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

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication Sciences in New Mexico

#1

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

Portales, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$9,516 Average Net Price

$28,816 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. ENMU - Main Campus is a medium-sized public school situated in Portales, New Mexico. It awarded 55 bachelors’s communication sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ENMU - Main Campus, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is $9,516 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree Communication Sciences students.

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#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$14,446 Average Net Price

$22,892 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 39 bachelors’s communication sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. The estimated yearly cost for UNM is $14,446 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree Communication Sciences students.

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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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