2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for History in New Mexico

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended History Major in New Mexico for a Master’s” ranking.

In 2020-2021, 32,731 people earned their degree in history, making the major the 30th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, history graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,467 and had an average of $23,587 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 115 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,879 and $20,385 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,709 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended History Major in New Mexico for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in history. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in history.

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Most Well Attended History Major in New Mexico for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended History Major in New Mexico for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for History in New Mexico

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University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 overall quality in New Mexico

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended History Major in New Mexico for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s history students in 2020-2021.

Full UNM History Report

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

#5 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended History Major in New Mexico for a Master’s. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 3 masters’s history degrees in 2020-2021.

Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus History 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

• *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.