New Mexico contains two schools that offer behavioral science programs. University of Phoenix-New Mexico Campus, the highest-ranking behavioral science school in NM, has a total student population of 5,120 and is the 4832nd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 2 behavioral science schools in New Mexico, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Phoenix-New Mexico Campus comes out as the most expensive ($22,023/yr), with National American University-Albuquerque as the lowest recorded at only $16,223/yr.
Behavioral Science students from New Mexico schools who go on to become behavioral scientists, psychiatrists, behavior scientists, child psychologists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 78,470 people working as substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $40,420. Also, Industrialorganizational psychologists make on average $102,570 per year and there are about 1,710 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the New Mexico alone, there are employed industrialorganizational psychologists earning an average yearly salary of $83,990. Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors in this state earn $36,220/yr and there are 500 employed.
Also, within the behavioral science schools in New Mexico, the average student population is 2,774 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from behavioral science, 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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