University of New Mexico-Main Campus Career Outcomes & Earnings

At University of New Mexico-Main Campus, the model-based return picture is stronger than the schoolwide earnings median alone suggests. Graduates earn about $10,117 more than the model expects for similar students, placing earnings beyond expectations—the gap between graduate earnings and the model’s expectation for similar students—in the 83rd percentile.

Azimuth places the return pillar in the 68th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $8,357.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $1,760. Median earnings four years after completion are $59,818, in the 50th percentile.

The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $65,610; the school’s figure is $5,792 below it. The model and peer comparison point in different directions.

Earnings vary widely by field at University of New Mexico-Main Campus, from a downside scenario of $43,969 to an upside scenario of $89,311, with a typical scenario of $59,818. These are earnings scenarios from the program mix, not observed groups.

At the upper end, Computer Engineering completers have median earnings of $126,356 four years after completion; Computer and Information Sciences reaches $112,064, and Chemical Engineering reaches $96,810. Those field-level figures show why the modeled range is broad.

Graduate study shapes how the four-year earnings figure should be read. An estimated 33.8% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.

Four-year earnings describe federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, rather than those continuing their education.

The highest-earning programs at University of New Mexico-Main Campus are concentrated in engineering and computing, and they are not the largest by degrees awarded. Computer Engineering leads with median earnings of $126,356 four years after completion, from 28 degrees awarded a year.

Computer and Information Sciences follows at $112,064, with 76 degrees awarded. Azimuth ranks it #44 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

The largest program is Business Administration and Management, at 460 degrees awarded and median earnings of $62,431. Nursing awards 420 degrees and its graduates earn $86,559 four years after completion.

Psychology, the third-largest at 398 degrees, sits at the moderate end with median earnings of $46,693.

At University of New Mexico-Main Campus, bachelor's degrees cluster in Health Professions (17.5%), Business (12.8%) and Psychology (11.1%). Azimuth ranks 32 programs nationally, with earnings data for 43 fields.

Business Administration and Management tops the list at 460 degrees a year, and Azimuth places it at #178 in its field, with median earnings of $62,431. Nursing follows with 420 degrees awarded, and Azimuth places it at #133 in its field, earning $86,559 four years after completion.

Azimuth places Computer and Information Sciences at #44 nationally in its field, with median earnings of $112,064 from 76 degrees awarded. Azimuth places Chemical Engineering at #69 in its field, with earnings of $96,810 from 47 degrees awarded. The best-paid fields are much smaller than the largest ones.