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General Educational Leadership at New Mexico Highlands University

If you plan to study General Educational Leadership, you may want to check out the program at New Mexico Highlands University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

New Mexico Highlands University is in Las Vegas, NM.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 15 general educational leadership graduations were recorded at New Mexico Highlands University.

Online & Distance Learning at New Mexico Highlands University

Online coursework is an option at New Mexico Highlands University. Of 2,704 students, 1,399 (52%) studied exclusively online and 923 (34%) took at least some classes online.

General Educational Leadership Rankings at New Mexico Highlands University

Rankings can help you compare New Mexico Highlands University’s General Educational Leadership program to other colleges that offer this major.

Master’s-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Schools (Quality)	New Mexico	#1 of 5
Best Value	New Mexico	#4 of 5
Best Value	Southwest (Region)	#29 of 67
Best Schools (Quality)	Southwest (Region)	#32 of 68
Best Value	Nationwide	#146 of 531
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#315 of 499

Student Demographics & Diversity

Take a look at the student demographics for General Educational Leadership graduates at New Mexico Highlands University, by degree type.

Looking at the program as a whole, General Educational Leadership graduates at New Mexico Highlands University are 80% women (12) and 20% men (3).

General Educational Leadership Master’s Program at New Mexico Highlands University

Among the 13 master’s general educational leadership degrees awarded at New Mexico Highlands University, 77% were women (10) and 23% were men (3).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of General Educational Leadership master’s degree recipients at New Mexico Highlands University.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	2
Hispanic / Latino	6
Black / African American	1
Asian	1
American Indian / Alaska Native	3

Minority students account for 85% of General Educational Leadership master’s degree recipients at New Mexico Highlands University, above the national average of 33%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

Highest-Paying Careers for General Educational Leadership Graduates

Students who finish General Educational Leadership program at New Mexico Highlands University work across a variety of fields. The table below ranks the highest-paying careers for General Educational Leadership majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	$178,795
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$161,927
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$129,049
Education Administrators, All Other	$91,340

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.