Secondary Education at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

If you plan to study secondary education, take a look at what University of New Mexico - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and has a total student population of 22,311. In 2021, 34 secondary teaching majors received their bachelor's degree from UNM.

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

UNM Secondary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Teaching
• Master’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

UNM Secondary Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks secondary teaching programs across the country. The following shows how UNM performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The secondary teaching major at UNM is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Secondary 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 Popular Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	25
Most Popular Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	52
Best Value Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	139
Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	175
Best Value Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	205
Best Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools	216
Most Focused Secondary Education Schools	220
Best Value Secondary Education Schools	327

In 2021, 26 students received their master’s degree in secondary teaching from UNM. This makes it the #52 most popular school for secondary teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at UNM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the secondary teaching majors at University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

UNM Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 34 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Secondary Education from UNM in 2020-2021, 26% were men and 74% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 62% more racial-ethnic minorities in its secondary teaching bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of New Mexico - Main Campus with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UNM Secondary Education Master’s Program

The secondary teaching program at UNM awarded 26 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 38% of these degrees went to men with the other 62% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in secondary teaching each year. UNM does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

In the secondary teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 20% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of New Mexico - Main Campus with a master's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UNM also has a doctoral program available in secondary teaching. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Elementary Education

Careers That Secondary Teaching Grads May Go Into

A degree in secondary teaching 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 University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
High School Teachers	7,010	$55,380

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By PerryPlanet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.