2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor in New Mexico

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mental health counseling/counselor. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mental health counseling/counselor 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 mental health counseling/counselor program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor in New Mexico

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 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 New Mexico State University - Main Campus are $18,275.

Read more about Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

#2

University of the Southwest

Hobbs, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$22,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Southwest landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Hobbs, New Mexico, and it awarded 18 masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees in 2019-2020.

USW also took the #2 spot in our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. 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.

Full University of the Southwest Mental Health Counseling/Counselor 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

• *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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