2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for History in New Mexico (With 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 History Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 32,905 people earned their degree in history, making the major the 30th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, history graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,593 and had an average of $23,490 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 150 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,500 and $20,536 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 95 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,108 and $24,162 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in history. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent history programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the history program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for History in New Mexico (With Aid)

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$8,659 Average Net Price

$27,669 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s history degrees to qualified students.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. It costs about $8,659 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree History students with aid per year to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

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#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$14,446 Average Net Price

$23,649 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 50 bachelors’s history degrees to qualified students.

UNM also took the #2 spot in our “Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNM is $14,446 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree History students with aid.

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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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