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2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
539 Degrees Awarded
$13,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Liberal Arts is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 2nd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 365,980 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across New Mexico, there were 3,836 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 539 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,108 and $24,162 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the liberal arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $30-$48k) in New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. ENMU - Main Campus is a medium-sized school located in Portales, New Mexico that handed out 71 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

ENMU - Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is $8,219 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Liberal Arts at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

#4 in overall quality

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 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 166 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NMSU Main Campus, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. The yearly cost to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus is $7,006 for new mexico bachelor’s degree liberal studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full NMSU Main Campus Liberal Arts Report

#3

St. John's College

Santa Fe, New Mexico
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St. John’s College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k list. St. John’s College is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 74 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.

St. John’s not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. The yearly cost to attend St. John’s is $29,163 for new mexico bachelor’s degree liberal studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Liberal Arts at St. John’s College

#4

Northern New Mexico College

Espanola, New Mexico
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern New Mexico College landed the #4 spot on the list. Northern New Mexico College is a public institution located in Espanola, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern New Mexico College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. It costs about $9,167 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Northern New Mexico College.

Read full report on Liberal Arts at Northern New Mexico College

#5

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k list. UNM is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 197 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #3 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. It costs about $14,458 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Liberal Arts Report

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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