2025 Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico

If you pursue a master's degree in business administration & management, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #1 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 607 master's degrees in business administration & management during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Business Administration & Management School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of business administration & management for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on business administration & management students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of business administration & management students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for business administration & management to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized business administration & management related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for business administration & management students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Business Administration & Management Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Business Administration & Management in New Mexico

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for business administration & management students seeking a a master's degree.

Top New Mexico Schools for a Master's in Business Administration

1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

375 Annual Graduates

$78,529 Median Starting Salary

University of New Mexico - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in business administration & management. UNM is a very large public university located in the large city of Albuquerque.

Master's recipients from the business administration & management degree program at University of New Mexico - Main Campus make $8,035 above the average graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

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2

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus
Portales, NM

62 Annual Graduates

$72,914 Median Starting Salary

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is a wonderful choice for students interested in a master's degree in business administration & management. Located in the town of Portales, ENMU - Main Campus is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

Master's recipients from the business administration & management program at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus earn $2,420 above the typical college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

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3

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, NM

69 Annual Graduates

$79,413 Median Starting Salary

New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a good choice for individuals pursuing a master's degree in business administration & management. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces.

Business Administration & Management master's degree recipients from New Mexico State University - Main Campus receive an earnings boost of around $8,919 over the average income of business administration & management majors.

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4

New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas, NM

69 Annual Graduates

$62,039 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat New Mexico Highlands University if you want to pursue a master's degree in business administration & management. New Mexico Highlands University is a small public university located in the town of Las Vegas.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the business administration program earn around $62,039 in the first couple years of their career.

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5

Western New Mexico University
Silver City, NM

27 Annual Graduates

$62,565 Median Starting Salary

Located in the town of Silver City, Western New Mexico University is a public university with a small student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the business administration program report average early career income of $62,565.

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Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	235	8,746
Arizona	180	4,574
Oklahoma	153	1,089

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Rankings in Majors Related to Business Administration

Business Administration & Management is one of 21 different types of Business, Management & Marketing programs to choose from.

Business Administration Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Business Administration and Management	527
Project Management	77
Interior Design Management	3

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Accounting	60
Human Resource Management	7
Management Information Systems	4
Finance & Financial Management	3
Marketing	3
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.