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2022 Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making Over $110k

2 Ranked Colleges
438 Degrees Awarded
$16,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in New Mexico For Those Making Over $110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making Over $110k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 205,726 social sciences students received their degree, making the major the 5th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,801 and had an average of $23,466 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 815 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,350 and $19,423 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 438 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,108 and $24,162 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in social sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality social sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

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

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The social sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making Over $110k”.

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Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico bachelor’s degree social sciences students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences (Income Over $110k) in New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making Over $110k list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 109 bachelors’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. It costs about $8,659 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

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#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 283 degrees to qualified bachelors’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. It costs about $14,446 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend UNM.

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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%.

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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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