2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in New Mexico

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in New Mexico” ranking.

In 2020-2021, 556,813 liberal arts general studies students received their degree, making the major the 1st most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, liberal arts general studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,337 and had an average of $17,430 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 6,958 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,069 and $13,490 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,709 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in New Mexico” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts general studies. That schools that top this list have a program in liberal arts general studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in New Mexico” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in New Mexico

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico master’s degree liberal arts students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in New Mexico

1

St. John's College
Santa Fe, New Mexico

#4 overall quality in New Mexico

$30,832 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, St. John’s College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and it awarded 19 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Liberal Arts General Studies at St. John’s

2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, New Mexico

#5 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in New Mexico list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 148 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at NMSU Main Campus

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in the Southwest Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.