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2023 Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico

Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Schools Ranked
$18,895 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$22,835 Avg Student Debt*

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. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate 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 5 schools in New Mexico to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for teaching students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

Top Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico

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20 Total Awards
$7,110 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus to be the best value school for teaching students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in New Mexico. ENMU - Main Campus is a small public school situated in Portales, New Mexico. It awarded 20 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ENMU - Main Campus are $7,110 per year.

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. 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.

ENMU - Main Campus also took the #2 spot in our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico rankings.

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21 Total Awards
$18,275 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s value ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 21 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275 per year.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since NMSU Main Campus does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 50% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico list.

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#3

New Mexico Highlands University

Las Vegas, New Mexico
44 Total Awards
$11,154 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Highlands University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico list. New Mexico Highlands University is a public institution located in Las Vegas, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 44 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at New Mexico Highlands University are $11,154 per year.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since New Mexico Highlands University does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 99% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, New Mexico Highlands University is ranked #4 for overall quality in New Mexico.

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2 Total Awards
$25,665 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico list. Socorro, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 2 students in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at New Mexico Tech are $25,665 a year.

One thing to take note of is that New Mexico Tech does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 78% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

New Mexico Tech also made our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico list, coming in at #1.

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#5

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
7 Total Awards
$20,487 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a great place for teaching students working on their graduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 7 students in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNM are $20,487 per year.

UNM does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 38% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNM is ranked #5 for overall quality in New Mexico.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

References

  • 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%.

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