New Mexico contains six schools that offer business writing programs. New Mexico State University-Main Campus, the highest-ranking business writing school in NM, has a total student population of 18,526 and is the 396th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 6 business writing schools in New Mexico, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Santa Fe University of Art and Design comes out as the most expensive ($27,381/yr), with New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology as the lowest recorded at only $7,906/yr.
Business Writing students from New Mexico schools who go on to become business writers, legal writing professors, copy editors, copywriters, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 43,390 people working as writers and authors alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $64,560. Also, Public relations specialists make on average $59,370 per year and there are about 242,670 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the New Mexico alone, there are 820 employed public relations specialists earning an average yearly salary of $58,720. Writers and authors in this state earn $53,860/yr and there are 110 employed.
Also, within the business writing schools in New Mexico, the average student population is 2,774 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from business writing, 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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