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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in New Mexico

5 Ranked Colleges
629 Degrees Awarded
$16,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor's in New Mexico

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 559,661 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, liberal arts general studies is the 1st most popular major in the United States. 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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 629 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,108 and $24,162 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts general studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts general studies programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in New Mexico

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Portales, New Mexico, and it awarded 148 bachelors’s liberal arts degrees in 2019-2020.

ENMU - Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. The yearly cost to attend ENMU - Main Campus is $9,516 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Arts students.

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#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s liberal arts degrees to 205 students in 2019-2020.

UNM also made our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for UNM is $14,446 for new mexico bachelor’s degree liberal arts students.

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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 #3 for the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 166 bachelors’s liberal arts degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also took the #4 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. The yearly cost to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus is $8,659 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Arts students.

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#4

Northern New Mexico College

Espanola, New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern New Mexico College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico. Located in Espanola, New Mexico, this small public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s liberal arts students in 2019-2020.

Northern New Mexico College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. The yearly cost to attend Northern New Mexico College is $8,633 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Arts students.

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#5

St. John's College

Santa Fe, New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St. John’s College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico list. St. John’s is a private not-for-profit institution located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 74 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at St. John’s, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. It costs about $39,228 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Arts students per year to attend St. John’s College.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%.

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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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