2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing in New Mexico

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 313,362 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, nursing is the 3rd most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, nursing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $67,065 and had an average of $26,282 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 1,460 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,329 and $21,507 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 69 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality nursing programs that also have a lower cost than 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 nursing program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico master’s degree nursing students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing in New Mexico

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$99,648 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’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. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 46 masters’s nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Nursing Report

#2

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

Portales, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$7,110 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Portales, New Mexico, this medium-sized public school awarded 18 degrees to qualified masters’s nursing students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new mexico master’s degree nursing students list, ENMU - Main Campus has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at ENMU - Main Campus are $7,110, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Nursing at Eastern New Mexico University - 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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