by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Nursing Major in New Mexico for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 322,592 nursing students received their degree, making the major the 3rd most popular in the country. 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.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Nursing Major in New Mexico for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in nursing. To top this list, a school must have a successful nursing program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The nursing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Nursing Major in New Mexico for a Master’s”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Nursing Major in New Mexico for a Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Nursing Major in New Mexico for a Master’s. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 41 masters’s nursing degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Nursing Major in New Mexico for a Master’s list. Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is a small school located in Portales, New Mexico that handed out 17 masters’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Nursing Major in New Mexico for a Master’s list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 4 masters’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus Nursing Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Nursing Major in New Mexico for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western New Mexico University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Silver City, New Mexico, this small public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s nursing students in 2020-2021.
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