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Health Education at New Mexico Highlands University

Every health education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the school health education program at New Mexico Highlands University stacks up to those at other schools.

New Mexico Highlands University is located in Las Vegas, New Mexico and has a total student population of 2,777. In 2021, 11 school health education majors received their bachelor's degree from New Mexico Highlands University.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Education section at the bottom of this page.

New Mexico Highlands University Health Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in School Health Education

New Mexico Highlands University Health Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the school health education progam at New Mexico Highlands University compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The school health education major at New Mexico Highlands University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Focused Health Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 5
Most Focused Health Education Schools 13
Most Popular Health Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 17
Best Value Health Education Schools 29
Most Popular Health Education Schools 33
Best Health Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 56
59
Best Health Education Schools 76
83

School Health Education Student Demographics at New Mexico Highlands University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the school health education majors at New Mexico Highlands University.

New Mexico Highlands University Health Education Bachelor’s Program

36% Women
91% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The school health education program at New Mexico Highlands University awarded 11 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 64% of these degrees went to men with the other 36% going to women. The typical school health education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at New Mexico Highlands University since its program graduates 31% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 52% more racial-ethnic minorities in its school health education bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico Highlands University with a bachelor's in school health education.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 1
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

New Mexico Highlands University also has a doctoral program available in school health education. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That School Health Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in school health education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NM, the home state for New Mexico Highlands University.

Occupation Jobs in NM Average Salary in NM
High School Teachers 7,010 $55,380
Middle School Teachers 3,760 $52,810
Education Professors 90 $67,260

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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