2022 Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Mental Health Counseling/Counselor 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, 6,851 people earned their degree in mental health counseling/counselor, making the major the 126th most popular in the United States.

Across New Mexico, there were 40 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 39 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in mental health counseling/counselor. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mental health counseling/counselor 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 mental health counseling/counselor program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor (Income $0-$30k) in New Mexico

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 21 masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NMSU Main Campus, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of the Southwest

Hobbs, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$22,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the Southwest. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k. University of the Southwest is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hobbs, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

USW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of the Southwest are $22,500.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor (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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