2023 Most Well Attended Sociology Major in New Mexico for a Master’s

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Sociology is the 25th most popular major in the country with 38,475 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, sociology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,426 and had an average of $24,587 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 252 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,580 and $25,472 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,709 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Sociology Major in New Mexico for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in sociology. To top this list, a school must have a successful sociology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Sociology Major in New Mexico for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico master’s degree sociology students.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Sociology 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 join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Sociology Major in New Mexico for a Master’s. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 10 masters’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Sociology at NMSU Main Campus

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University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Sociology Major in New Mexico for a Master’s list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s sociology students in 2020-2021.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Sociology Report

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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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