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2023 Best Value Educational Administration Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$6,913 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,435 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, educational administration students earned 99 degrees and certificates from a New Mexico school, making the subject the 6th in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Value Educational Administration Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in New Mexico to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for education admin students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Educational Administration Master's Degree Colleges.

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Educational Administration

Our analysis found New Mexico State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for educational administration students who want to pursue a master’s degree in New Mexico. Located in the suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a large student population.

NMSU Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $5,926 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico list.

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Out of the 4 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNM are $7,115 a year.

UNM did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico list.

Read full report on Educational Administration at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Highlands University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico list. New Mexico Highlands University is a small public school located in the remote town of Las Vegas.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at New Mexico Highlands University are $7,698 per year.

New Mexico Highlands University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico list.

Full Educational Administration at New Mexico Highlands University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Southwest. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico list. Located in the rural area of Hobbs, USW is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

USW graduate students pay an average of $22,500 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

USW also made our Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico list, coming in at #1.

Full Educational Administration at University of the Southwest Report

Best Value Educational Administration Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Educational Administration Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 2,028
Texas 4,961
Oklahoma 567

One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, educational administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Education Admin Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Educational Leadership & Administration 32,837
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 4,709
Other Educational Administration & Supervision 2,247
Educational, Instructional, & Curriculum Supervision 1,727
Elementary & Middle School Administration/Principalship 1,572
Superintendency & Educational System Administration 1,107
Urban Education & Leadership 736
Adult & Continuing Education Administration 462
Secondary School Administration/Principalship 452
Community College Education 354
Administration of Special Education 186
Early Childhood Program Administration 70
International School Administration/Leadership 10

Majors Similar to Education Admin

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Shai-WMIL.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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