Top Ranked Programs
University of New Mexico-Main Campus's program mix is anchored in Health, which accounts for 13% of graduates, followed by Engineering at 6% and Social Sciences at 6%. Across 58 programs serving roughly 3,585 students annually, 42 meet Azimuth's ranking threshold. Nursing combines strong enrollment with solid earnings, making it a key contributor to the institution's aggregate return. Among the largest programs in the Azimuth coverage set, Business Administration program graduates 460 students with median earnings of $62,431 four years after enrollment, and Azimuth ranks it #161 among nonprofit four-year institutions for median earnings four years after enrollment. The Nursing program graduates 420 students earning $86,559, while The Psychology, General program graduates 398 students earning $46,693. The highest-earning program is Nursing, where 420 graduates earn median earnings of $86,559 four years after enrollment, and Azimuth ranks it #161 among nonprofit four-year institutions for median earnings four years after enrollment. Business Administration follows with 460 graduates earning $62,431, and Azimuth ranks it #161 among nonprofit four-year institutions for median earnings four years after enrollment. Several of University of New Mexico-Main Campus's strongest programs feed directly into high-demand local and regional labor markets. Nursing and health-related fields are high-mobility pathways where graduates enter the workforce immediately, and four-year earnings reflect actual labor-market outcomes. Programs in psychology and liberal arts, by contrast, are more likely to serve as grad-school-dependent pathways where four-year earnings undercount the full trajectory for students who continue to graduate or professional school. The [supply-demand map for college graduates](/analysis/supply-demand-map-college-degrees/) provides context for how these program families align with national and regional workforce demand, and the [program-ranking methodology](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/) explains how Azimuth evaluates individual programs.