2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Anthropology in New Mexico

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Anthropology is the 75th most popular major in the country with 10,974 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across New Mexico, there were 107 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,709 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in New Mexico” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in anthropology. That schools that top this list have a program in anthropology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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

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

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Anthropology in New Mexico

1

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

#5 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in New Mexico list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 13 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.

Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus Anthropology Report

2

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus
Portales, New Mexico

#11 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in New Mexico list. Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is a small school located in Portales, New Mexico that handed out 3 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Anthropology at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

3

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 overall quality in New Mexico

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s anthropology students 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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