by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in New Mexico” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Legal Professions is the 16th most popular major in the country with 61,055 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, legal professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,649 and had an average of $28,699 in loans still to pay off.
Across New Mexico, there were 203 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,042 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in New Mexico” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in legal professions. To top this list, a school must have a successful legal professions program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The legal professions 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 Legal Professions Major in New Mexico”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in New Mexico”.
Out of the 10 schools in the Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 108 ’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in New Mexico list. Central New Mexico Community College is a fairly large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 56 ’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Santa Fe Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in New Mexico list. SFCC is a small school located in Santa Fe, New Mexico that handed out 22 ’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clovis Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in New Mexico. Clovis Community College is a small public school situated in Clovis, New Mexico. It awarded 10 ’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Alamogordo. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in New Mexico list. Alamogordo, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s legal professions degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Navajo Technical University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in New Mexico list. Navajo Technical University is a public institution located in Crownpoint, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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New Mexico State University - Dona Ana came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in New Mexico ranking. NMSU Dona Ana is a medium-sized public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 1 ’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #8, New Mexico Junior College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in New Mexico list. New Mexico Junior College is a public institution located in Hobbs, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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San Juan College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in New Mexico ranking. SJC is a medium-sized school located in Farmington, New Mexico that handed out 0 ’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
University of New Mexico - Gallup Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in New Mexico ranking. Gallup, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s legal professions degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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