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2023 Best Value Educational Administration Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$9,571 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,948 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration 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.

The Best Value Educational Administration Schools in New Mexico ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in New Mexico to see which programs offered the best value experiences for education admin students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Schools in New Mexico

Check out the education admin programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality in Educational Administration

$7,301 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named New Mexico State University - Main Campus the best value school in New Mexico for educational administration students. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a large student population.

NMSU Main Campus undergraduate students pay an average of $7,301 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

NMSU Main Campus also made our Best Educational Administration Schools in New Mexico list, coming in at #3.

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$7,906 Average Tuition & Fees

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 undergraduate at UNM are $7,906 a year.

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$6,876 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at New Mexico Highlands University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best educational administration schools in New Mexico. New Mexico Highlands University is a small public school located in the town of Las Vegas.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at New Mexico Highlands University are $6,876 a year.

New Mexico Highlands University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Educational Administration Schools in New Mexico list.

Full Educational Administration at New Mexico Highlands University Report

$16,200 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of the Southwest is a great value for educational administration students. Located in the rural area of Hobbs, USW is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USW are $16,200 per year.

USW not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Educational Administration Schools in New Mexico list.

Full Educational Administration at University of the Southwest Report

Best Value Educational Administration Colleges in the Southwest Region

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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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