2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $48-$75k) in New Mexico

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking.

Social Work is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 8th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 56,762 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across New Mexico, there were 407 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 192 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k” 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the social work program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico master’s degree social work students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $48-$75k) in New Mexico

#1

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$10,348 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western New Mexico University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k. Western New Mexico University is a small public school situated in Silver City, New Mexico. It awarded 139 masters’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

Western New Mexico University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western New Mexico University are $10,348, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 53 students in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also made our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico State University - Main Campus are $18,275, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $48-$75k)

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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