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

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Geography is the 159th most popular major in the country with 4,954 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across New Mexico, there were 40 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,709 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in New Mexico” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in geography. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their geography program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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

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

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Geography in New Mexico

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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 Geography Major in New Mexico list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s geography degrees to qualified students.

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

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University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in New Mexico. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 2 masters’s geography 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.

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