by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Social Work Major in New Mexico for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Social Work is the 13th most popular major in the country with 58,326 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, social work graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $37,651 and had an average of $26,679 in loans still to pay off.
Across New Mexico, there were 428 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,675 and $22,030 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 79 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,811 and $16,074 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Social Work Major in New Mexico for an Associate” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social work. To top this list, a school must have a successful social work program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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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 “Most Well Attended Social Work Major in New Mexico for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Social Work Major in New Mexico for an Associate”.
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Social Work Major in New Mexico for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, San Juan College landed the #1 spot on the list. SJC is a medium-sized school located in Farmington, New Mexico that handed out 36 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Santa Fe Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Social Work Major in New Mexico for an Associate. Santa Fe Community College is a small public school situated in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It awarded 17 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern New Mexico University - Roswell Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in New Mexico for an Associate list. Roswell, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s social work degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Social Work at Eastern New Mexico University - Roswell Campus
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Carlsbad. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in New Mexico for an Associate list. New Mexico State University - Carlsbad is a public institution located in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Social Work Major in New Mexico for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern New Mexico College landed the #4 spot on the list. Northern New Mexico College is a small school located in Espanola, New Mexico that handed out 5 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Mesalands Community College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in New Mexico for an Associate ranking, coming in at #6. Mesalands Community College is located in Tucumcari, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 associates’s social work degrees to qualified students.
New Mexico State University - Grants landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in New Mexico for an Associate ranking. This small school is located in Grants, New Mexico, and it awarded 3 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Full New Mexico State University - Grants Social Work Report
New Mexico State University - Alamogordo ranked #8 on this year’s Most Well Attended Social Work Major in New Mexico for an Associate list. NMSU Alamogordo is a small school located in Alamogordo, New Mexico that handed out 1 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
With a ranking of #9, University of New Mexico - Taos Campus did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in New Mexico for an Associate list. University of New Mexico - Taos Campus is a public institution located in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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