New Mexico contains three schools that offer architecture programs. New Mexico State University-Main Campus, the highest-ranking architecture school in NM, has a total student population of 18,526 and is the 396th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 3 architecture schools in New Mexico, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Center Design College-Albuquerque comes out as the most expensive ($34,902/yr), with New Mexico State University-Dona Ana as the lowest recorded at only $5,430/yr.
Architecture students from New Mexico schools who go on to become architects, architecture designers, landscape architects, interior architects, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 2,412,730 people working as architecture and engineering employees alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $73,590. Also, Landscape architects make on average $65,910 per year and there are about 18,940 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the New Mexico alone, there are 70 employed landscape architects earning an average yearly salary of $71,890. Architecture and engineering employees in this state earn $74,080/yr and there are 21,730 employed.
Also, within the architecture schools in New Mexico, the average student population is 2,774 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from architecture, there are 1598 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,262 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $1,963, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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