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2023 Best Teaching Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico

5 Schools Ranked

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamp with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Teaching Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in New Mexico to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for teaching students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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Top Teaching Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

University of the Southwest

Hobbs, New Mexico

Our 2023 rankings named University of the Southwest the best school in New Mexico for teaching students working on their master’s degree.

Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out USW. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

Full University of the Southwest Report

$5,926 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at NMSU Main Campus. In 2019-2020 about 50% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus Report

#3

New Mexico Highlands University

Las Vegas, New Mexico
$7,698 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent master’s degree programs at New Mexico Highlands University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best teaching schools in New Mexico.

New Mexico Highlands University does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 99% took at least some of their classes online.

Full New Mexico Highlands University Report

Out of the 5 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list.

Online graduate courses are available at ENMU - Main Campus, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 99% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

Full Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus Report

#5

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
$7,115 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list.

UNM does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 38% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

References

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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