by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Liberal Studies Major in New Mexico for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 366,996 liberal arts students received their degree, making the major the 2nd most popular in the country.
Across New Mexico, there were 3,538 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 512 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,779 and $27,879 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in New Mexico for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts. To top this list, a school must have a successful liberal arts program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in New Mexico for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in New Mexico for a Bachelor’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 213 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s liberal studies students in 2020-2021.
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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 Liberal Studies Major in New Mexico for a Bachelor’s. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school handed out 146 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s liberal studies students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in New Mexico for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is located in Portales, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 71 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in New Mexico for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, St. John’s College landed the #4 spot on the list. St. John’s College is a small school located in Santa Fe, New Mexico that handed out 48 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico Highlands University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in New Mexico for a Bachelor’s. Las Vegas, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s liberal studies degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern New Mexico College. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Liberal Studies Major in New Mexico for a Bachelor’s. Northern New Mexico College is a public institution located in Espanola, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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