2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in New Mexico

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Physical Sciences is the 19th most popular major in the country with 50,306 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, physical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $39,880 and had an average of $22,620 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 288 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,802 and $14,926 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 48 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,709 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in New Mexico” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in physical sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in physical sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in New Mexico

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

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences in New Mexico

1

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Socorro, New Mexico

#3 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in New Mexico list. New Mexico Tech is a small public school situated in Socorro, New Mexico. It awarded 16 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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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 Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in New Mexico. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school awarded 17 degrees to qualified masters’s physical sciences students in 2020-2021.

Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus Physical Sciences Report

3

New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas, New Mexico

#9 overall quality in New Mexico

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Highlands University landed the #3 spot on the list. New Mexico Highlands University is a small school located in Las Vegas, New Mexico that handed out 2 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

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4

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in New Mexico list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s physical sciences degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.

Full UNM Physical Sciences Report

5

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus
Portales, New Mexico

#11 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in New Mexico. Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is a small school located in Portales, New Mexico that handed out 1 masters’s physical sciences 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.

Credits

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