2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Studies in New Mexico

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in New Mexico” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Environmental Studies is the 87th most popular major in the country with 9,899 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across New Mexico, there were 6 environmental studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 environmental studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,779 and $27,879 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in New Mexico” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental studies. That schools that top this list have a program in environmental studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in New Mexico”.

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Studies in New Mexico

1

Western New Mexico University
Silver City, New Mexico

#12 overall quality in New Mexico

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Western New Mexico University landed the #1 spot on the list. Silver City, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ecosystem studies degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

Full Western New Mexico University Environmental Studies Report

2

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

#5 overall quality 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 #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in New Mexico. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 4 bachelors’s ecosystem studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Environmental Studies at NMSU Main Campus

3

New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas, New Mexico

#9 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Highlands University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in New Mexico list. New Mexico Highlands University is a small public school situated in Las Vegas, New Mexico. It awarded 0 bachelors’s ecosystem studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Full New Mexico Highlands University Environmental Studies Report

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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

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Lynn Betts.