2023 Most Well Attended Communication Sciences Major in New Mexico

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Communication Sciences Major in New Mexico” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 22,298 people earned their degree in communication sciences, making the major the 47th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, communication sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,173 and had an average of $22,255 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 230 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,664 and $23,819 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Communication Sciences Major in New Mexico” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in communication sciences. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in communication sciences.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Communication Sciences Major in New Mexico

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico communication sciences students.

Top 3 Most Popular Colleges for Communication Sciences in New Mexico

1

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus
Portales, New Mexico

#11 overall quality in New Mexico

$41,884 Average Early-Career Earnings

$19,687 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Communication Sciences Major in New Mexico. Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is located in Portales, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 104 ’s communication sciences degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Communication Sciences at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 overall quality in New Mexico

$45,271 Average Early-Career Earnings

$19,843 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Communication Sciences 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. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 75 ’s communication sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Communication Sciences at UNM

3

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, New Mexico

#5 overall quality in New Mexico

$36,973 Average Early-Career Earnings

$20,260 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Communication Sciences Major in New Mexico. NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 51 ’s communication sciences degrees to qualified students.

Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus Communication Sciences Report

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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.

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