2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 56,762 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, social work is the 8th most popular major in the United States.

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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social work. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great social work programs and cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in New Mexico (With Aid)

#1

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$10,348 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid list. Western New Mexico University is a small school located in Silver City, New Mexico that handed out 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 you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Social Work at Western New Mexico University

#2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid list. 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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275.

Read more about Social Work at NMSU Main Campus

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in the Southwest Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (With Aid)

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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