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2023 Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico

Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Schools Ranked
$16,366 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Today's nursing students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamps with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Nursing Degree Search has created its Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in New Mexico to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for nursing 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 Nursing Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico

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17 Total Awards
$7,110 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus the best value school in New Mexico for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Portales, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out master’s degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.

ENMU - Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $7,110 in tuition and fees each 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. In 2019-2020 about 99% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

ENMU - Main Campus also made our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico list, coming in at #1.

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#2

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, New Mexico
4 Total Awards
$10,335 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s value ranking, Western New Mexico University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Western New Mexico University is a small public school located in Silver City, New Mexico that handed out 4 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Western New Mexico University are $10,335 per year.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Western New Mexico University does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 95% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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

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#3

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a great place for nursing students working on their master’s degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the large public school awarded 41 diplomas to qualifed master’s degree students in 2020-2021.

UNM graduate students pay an average of $20,487 in tuition and fees each 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.

UNM did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico list.

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4 Total Awards
$18,275 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a great place for nursing students working on their master’s degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out master’s degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275 a year.

Online graduate courses are available at NMSU Main Campus, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 50% 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, NMSU Main Campus is ranked #3 for overall quality in New Mexico.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 4 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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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