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Best Value Degrees in New Mexico (2026)

Top 100 of 116 programs in New Mexico · Updated 2026

The best college programs in New Mexico, ranked by overall value. We scored 116 programs across New Mexico schools on earnings, AI resilience, job demand, and tuition ROI. The top programs average $42,864/yr in graduate earnings.

Programs in NM

116

Avg Earnings (Top 100)

$42,864/yr

Avg DW Score

53/100

#1 Program

Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration

New Mexico Highlands University

Top Programs in New Mexico

Top 100 programs by DegreeWorth Score. Click any row for full analysis.

#	Program	DW Score	Earnings	AI Risk	ROI
1	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration New Mexico Highlands University · Las Vegas, NM	91 87–91	$88,137/yr	High	36.0x
2	Computer and Information Sciences, General University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	91 84–92	$89,498/yr	Very High	34.8x
3	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus · Portales, NM	90 87–90	$83,465/yr	High	36.5x
4	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	89 86–89	$82,216/yr	High	26.5x
5	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration Western New Mexico University · Silver City, NM	88 85–87	$73,666/yr	High	26.7x
6	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	86 83–86	$73,229/yr	High	22.7x
7	Computer and Information Sciences, General New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	85 79–86	$63,674/yr	Very High	26.0x
8	Electrical New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	76 72–78	$82,790/yr	Very High	28.9x
9	Accounting and Related Services Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus · Portales, NM	74 71–76	$52,579/yr	Very High	19.1x
10	Mechanical Engineering University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	74 71–75	$61,611/yr	Very High	30.5x
11	Allied Health Diagnostic University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	74 74–74	$57,714/yr	Moderate	24.5x
12	Aerospace New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	74 73–75	$68,002/yr	High	28.3x
13	Chemical Engineering New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	74 71–75	$75,766/yr	High	26.4x
14	Mechanical Engineering New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	74 71–75	$62,813/yr	Very High	29.1x
15	Mechanical Engineering New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology · Socorro, NM	72 70–74	$57,424/yr	Very High	26.8x
16	Business Administration University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	72 66–72	$45,215/yr	High	19.3x
17	Civil Engineering New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	72 71–74	$60,212/yr	High	26.0x
18	Chemical Engineering University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	71 70–73	$62,907/yr	High	26.7x
19	Finance and Financial Management Services New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	71 69–72	$48,868/yr	Very High	15.9x
20	Civil Engineering University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	70 70–72	$54,248/yr	High	25.0x
21	Economics University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	67 65–68	$43,656/yr	Very High	18.2x
22	Business Administration New Mexico Highlands University · Las Vegas, NM	66 61–67	$39,271/yr	High	19.4x
23	Teacher Education New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	66 68–67	$45,016/yr	High	14.5x
24	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration Brookline College-Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM	66 63–66	$78,980/yr	High	—
25	Engineering Technology, General New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	65 63–66	$60,250/yr	High	25.0x
26	Accounting and Related Services New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	65 69–66	$38,057/yr	Very High	19.3x
27	Dental Support Services University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	64 63–64	$55,003/yr	Moderate	18.7x
28	Teacher Education New Mexico Highlands University · Las Vegas, NM	62 70–63	$41,352/yr	High	16.2x
29	Electrical New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology · Socorro, NM	62 58–63	$73,300/yr	Very High	19.2x
30	Business Administration New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	62 58–63	$35,599/yr	High	17.4x
31	Air Transportation Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus · Portales, NM	61 59–62	$88,085/yr	Moderate	31.1x
32	Teacher Education Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus · Portales, NM	60 68–61	$41,896/yr	High	15.4x
33	Business Administration Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus · Portales, NM	60 55–61	$40,085/yr	High	15.8x
34	Teacher Education University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	59 67–60	$41,304/yr	High	13.6x
35	Teacher Education New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	59 66–60	$41,888/yr	High	13.2x
36	Engineering Science University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	58 56–59	$64,405/yr	High	18.8x
37	Business/Commerce, General New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	58 54–59	$39,442/yr	High	13.4x
38	Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus · Portales, NM	57 60–57	$40,645/yr	Moderate	16.6x
39	Chemical Engineering New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology · Socorro, NM	56 55–57	$57,215/yr	High	14.8x
40	Criminal Justice and Corrections University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	56 46–57	$38,370/yr	Moderate	13.9x
41	Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	56 55–56	$57,178/yr	Moderate	16.6x
42	Marketing New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	56 52–56	$33,191/yr	Very High	18.8x
43	Criminal Justice and Corrections Western New Mexico University · Silver City, NM	55 46–56	$32,386/yr	Moderate	15.6x
44	Teacher Education University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	53 66–54	$29,997/yr	High	17.0x
45	Political Science and Government University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	53 50–53	$33,947/yr	Very High	16.7x
46	Teacher Education Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus · Portales, NM	52 66–53	$30,513/yr	High	18.7x
47	Mathematics University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	52 49–53	$44,639/yr	Very High	12.8x
48	Agricultural Business and Management New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	52 45–53	$41,268/yr	High	12.0x
49	Social Work Western New Mexico University · Silver City, NM	52 57–52	$42,250/yr	Moderate	12.4x
50	Criminal Justice and Corrections Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus · Portales, NM	51 42–52	$31,599/yr	Moderate	15.1x
51	Teacher Education University of the Southwest · Hobbs, NM	50 59–51	$40,282/yr	High	5.0x
52	Criminal Justice and Corrections New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	49 40–49	$29,553/yr	Moderate	13.0x
53	Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions New Mexico Highlands University · Las Vegas, NM	48 57–49	$34,750/yr	Moderate	15.4x
54	Special Education and Teaching University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	47 53–48	$41,947/yr	High	13.9x
55	Liberal Arts and Sciences Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus · Portales, NM	46 49–46	$43,186/yr	Low	17.2x
56	Criminal Justice and Corrections New Mexico Highlands University · Las Vegas, NM	46 41–46	$21,630/yr	Moderate	15.0x
57	Criminal Justice and Corrections Brookline College-Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM	45 35–46	$33,962/yr	Moderate	—
58	Biology, General University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	44 44–45	$30,065/yr	High	16.6x
59	History University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	44 43–44	$29,793/yr	High	13.9x
60	Microbiological Sciences and Immunology New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	44 44–45	$36,198/yr	High	10.1x
61	Political Science and Government New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	44 41–44	$35,393/yr	Very High	11.7x
62	Romance Languages & Literatures University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	43 35–43	$32,236/yr	Very High	15.7x
63	Sociology University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	43 41–43	$35,796/yr	High	12.8x
64	Petroleum Engineering New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology · Socorro, NM	42 44–43	$42,325/yr	High	10.7x
65	Special Education and Teaching New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	42 57–44	$31,963/yr	High	19.2x
66	Hospitality Administration/Management New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	42 36–43	$29,942/yr	High	11.3x
67	Communication and Media Studies Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus · Portales, NM	41 35–42	$33,674/yr	High	15.8x
68	Psychology, General University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	40 39–41	$31,466/yr	High	12.9x
69	Health and Physical Education/Fitness New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	40 40–41	$23,701/yr	Moderate	14.9x
70	Fine and Studio Arts Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development · Santa Fe, NM	39 34–40	$29,835/yr	Moderate	11.9x
71	Ethnic & Cultural Minority University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	39 29–40	$38,260/yr	Very High	13.8x
72	Journalism University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	39 35–39	$32,423/yr	Very High	14.9x
73	Biochemistry & Biophysics and Molecular Biology University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	39 41–40	$23,648/yr	High	19.1x
74	Public Health New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	39 41–40	$27,729/yr	High	13.3x
75	Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	38 39–39	$27,978/yr	High	7.6x
76	Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	38 32–38	$33,999/yr	Very High	13.8x
77	Social Work New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	38 53–40	$33,510/yr	Moderate	12.5x
78	American Sign Language University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	37 33–37	$33,300/yr	High	9.3x
79	Biology, General New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	37 38–38	$26,533/yr	High	14.3x
80	Psychology, General Western New Mexico University · Silver City, NM	37 36–38	$31,591/yr	High	9.0x
81	Chemistry University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	36 40–37	$30,122/yr	High	8.3x
82	Geography and Cartography University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	36 38–37	$32,096/yr	High	8.9x
83	Human Development & Family Studies New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	36 41–36	$25,965/yr	High	10.3x
84	Psychology, General New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	36 36–37	$26,250/yr	High	12.9x
85	Sociology New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	36 35–37	$31,376/yr	High	11.7x
86	Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions Western New Mexico University · Silver City, NM	36 45–37	$34,345/yr	Moderate	9.9x
87	Sociology Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus · Portales, NM	35 34–35	$29,167/yr	High	9.6x
88	Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	35 36–35	$35,369/yr	High	11.1x
89	Anthropology University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	35 30–35	$31,729/yr	High	9.9x
90	Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	35 33–36	$33,603/yr	High	14.0x
91	Linguistic & Comparative New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	35 30–36	$27,720/yr	Very High	13.4x
92	Psychology, General Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus · Portales, NM	34 32–34	$19,844/yr	High	14.1x
93	Communication Disorders Sciences and Services University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	34 36–34	$23,532/yr	High	15.5x
94	Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	34 43–35	$25,631/yr	Moderate	6.9x
95	Psychology, General New Mexico Highlands University · Las Vegas, NM	33 33–34	$27,483/yr	High	8.5x
96	Journalism New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	33 29–33	$32,825/yr	Very High	12.0x
97	Liberal Arts and Sciences University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	32 40–33	$31,428/yr	Low	13.5x
98	Animal Sciences New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	32 30–33	$28,475/yr	High	11.6x
99	Liberal Arts and Sciences New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	32 39–33	$31,568/yr	Low	13.1x
100	Communication Disorders Sciences and Services Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus · Portales, NM	30 34–30	$26,335/yr	High	14.8x

Methodology

This ranking includes the top 100 programs at New Mexico colleges and universities, drawn from 116 total programs with earnings data. Programs are ranked by DegreeWorth Score (0–100), which combines graduate earnings, AI automation resilience, job market demand, and tuition ROI.

Only in-state tuition is used for ROI calculations. Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best college program in New Mexico?

By DegreeWorth Score, Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration at New Mexico Highlands University ranks #1 in New Mexico with a score of 91/100 and graduate earnings of $88,137/yr.

How many college programs are in New Mexico?

Our database includes 116 programs across New Mexico colleges with reported earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections), OpenAI GPTs-are-GPTs research (AI task exposure), Felten et al. AIOE. Last updated 2025.