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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health Professions in New Mexico (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
501 Degrees Awarded
$16,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master's in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 934,088 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, health professions is the 2nd most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $44,506 and had an average of $32,284 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 6,304 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,599 and $25,457 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 501 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health professions. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health professions 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 health professions program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health Professions in New Mexico (With Aid)

#1

New Mexico Highlands University

Las Vegas, New Mexico
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Highlands University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid list. Las Vegas, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s health professions degrees to 155 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new mexico master’s degree health professions students with aid list, New Mexico Highlands University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Health Professions 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 New Mexico Highlands University are $11,646.

Read more about Health Professions at New Mexico Highlands University

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. ENMU - Main Campus is located in Portales, New Mexico and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 69 masters’s health professions degrees to qualified students.

ENMU - Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at ENMU - Main Campus are $7,110, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus Health Professions Report

#3

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 170 masters’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Health Professions at UNM

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 44 masters’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico State University - Main Campus are $18,275, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Health Professions at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

#5

University of the Southwest

Hobbs, New Mexico
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Southwest. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid list. Hobbs, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s health professions degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USW, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of the Southwest are $22,500, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of the Southwest Health Professions 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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