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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $48-$75k) in New Mexico

2 Ranked Colleges
22 Degrees Awarded
$23,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master's in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 559,661 liberal arts general studies students received their degree, making the major the 1st most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, liberal arts general studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 8,011 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,995 and $14,630 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in liberal arts general studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts general studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the liberal arts general studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $48-$75k) 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 #1 for the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 1 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

St. John's College

Santa Fe, New Mexico
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St. John’s College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k. St. John’s College is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 masters’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our new mexico master’s degree liberal arts students whose families make $48-$75k list, St. John’s has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at St. John’s College are $28,612.

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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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