2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychology (Income $30-$48k) in New Mexico

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

With 183,889 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, psychology is the 7th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,496 and had an average of $36,227 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 1,008 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,260 and $18,823 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,967 and $104,936 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent psychology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the psychology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico doctor’s degree psychology students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychology (Income $30-$48k) in New Mexico

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 8 doctorate’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also took the #2 spot in our “Best Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico State University - Main Campus are $18,275.

Read full report on Psychology at NMSU Main Campus

#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 12 doctorate’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890.

Read full report on Psychology at UNM

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychology (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychology (Income $30-$48k)

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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