2022 Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico” ranking.

Optics/Optical Sciences is the 783rd most popular major in the country with 189 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across New Mexico, there were 13 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,967 and $104,936 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great optics/optical sciences 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 optics/optical sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences in New Mexico

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico list. UNM is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 5 doctorate’s optics/optical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM also made our “Best Optics/Optical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Optics/Optical Sciences at UNM

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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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