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2023 Best Value General Education Schools in New Mexico

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$5,445 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,605 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Education School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, general education was ranked 3rd in New Mexico. In fact, 219 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value General Education Schools in New Mexico ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in New Mexico to see which ones offered the best value programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value General Education Schools in New Mexico

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education majors pursuing a .

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality in General Education

$2,505 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Santa Fe Community College the best value school in New Mexico for general education students. SFCC is a small public school located in the suburb of Santa Fe.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SFCC are $2,505 per year.

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$7,301 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at New Mexico State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in New Mexico. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NMSU Main Campus are $7,301 a year.

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

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$6,528 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Schools in New Mexico list. Located in the town of Portales, ENMU - Main Campus is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ENMU - Main Campus are $6,528 a year.

ENMU - Main Campus also took the #4 spot in our Best General Education Schools in New Mexico rankings.

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Best Value General Education Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value General Education Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 859
Texas 1,639
Oklahoma 234

General Education is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

Education Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Education 29,810

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 KOKUYO.

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