2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing in New Mexico

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Nursing is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 322,592 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, nursing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $70,916 and had an average of $25,426 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 1,390 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,717 and $24,800 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 66 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,709 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in New Mexico” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in nursing. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their nursing program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in New Mexico

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

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing in New Mexico

1

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus
Portales, New Mexico

#11 overall quality in New Mexico

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 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in New Mexico. Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Portales, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 overall quality in New Mexico

$99,409 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 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in New Mexico list. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 41 masters’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

Western New Mexico University
Silver City, New Mexico

#12 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western New Mexico University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in New Mexico list. Western New Mexico University is a small school located in Silver City, New Mexico that handed out 4 masters’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.

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

#5 overall quality in New Mexico

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 4 masters’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Nursing at New Mexico State 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

• *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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