2023 Most Focused Colleges for Religion/Religious Studies in New Mexico

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Religion Major in New Mexico” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Religion/Religious Studies is the 189th most popular major in the country with 3,626 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across New Mexico, there were 6 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Religion Major in New Mexico” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in religion/religious studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their religion/religious studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools Highly Focused on Religion Major in New Mexico

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico religion students.

Top 3 Most Focused Colleges for Religion/Religious Studies in New Mexico

1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 overall quality in New Mexico

$45,271 Average Early-Career Earnings

$19,843 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Religion Major in New Mexico list. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 5 ’s religion degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus
Portales, New Mexico

#11 overall quality in New Mexico

$41,884 Average Early-Career Earnings

$19,687 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Religion Major in New Mexico list. ENMU - Main Campus is a small school located in Portales, New Mexico that handed out 1 ’s religion degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

University of the Southwest
Hobbs, New Mexico

#13 overall quality in New Mexico

$42,227 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,031 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the Southwest. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Religion Major in New Mexico. This small school is located in Hobbs, New Mexico, and it awarded 0 ’s religion degrees in 2020-2021.

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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.

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