2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Social Work is the 12th most popular major in the country with 57,618 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, social work graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,459 and had an average of $30,084 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 407 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,000 and $17,639 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 70 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,108 and $24,162 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social work. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality social work 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 work program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico bachelor’s degree social work students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in New Mexico

#1

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$12,411 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western New Mexico University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico list. Located in Silver City, New Mexico, this small public school awarded 25 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social work students in 2019-2020.

Western New Mexico University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. The estimated yearly cost for Western New Mexico University is $12,411 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree Social Work students.

Read full report on Social Work at Western New Mexico University

#2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$8,659 Average Net Price

$30,119 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 #2 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Mexico. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. The yearly cost to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus is $8,659 for New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree Social Work students.

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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

• *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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