2023 Schools Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in New Mexico

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Anthropology is the 77th most popular major in the country with 11,415 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, anthropology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $26,616 and had an average of $23,038 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 107 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,972 and $21,191 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in New Mexico” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in anthropology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their anthropology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in New Mexico

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

Top 4 Most Focused Colleges for Anthropology 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

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 58 ’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Anthropology Report

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

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Portales, New Mexico, this small public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified ’s anthropology students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Anthropology at ENMU - Main Campus

3

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

#5 overall quality in New Mexico

$36,973 Average Early-Career Earnings

$20,260 Average Student Debt

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 #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in New Mexico. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school handed out 24 degrees to qualified ’s anthropology students in 2020-2021.

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

4

Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 overall quality in New Mexico

$30,582 Average Early-Career Earnings

$9,447 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central New Mexico Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in New Mexico. Central New Mexico Community College is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 ’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Anthropology at CNM

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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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