New Mexico·Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations·SOC 19-3039

Best Psychologist, All Other programs in New Mexico, ranked by enrollment

All psychologists not listed.

12 schools in New Mexico run programs that feed this job, graduating 1,081 people a year. The job pays a median of in New Mexico across about 110 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledNeuropsychologistStaff PsychologistClinical NeuropsychologistPediatric NeuropsychologistBoard Certified NeuropsychologistPediatric Clinical NeuropsychologistEthnologistPaleologist
Graduates / yr
1,081
in New Mexico
Median pay · New Mexico
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
110
people employed
Schools
12
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
37%
across those schools
Median net price
$20,882
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in New Mexico that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

9 programs in New Mexico that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in New Mexico (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own New Mexico page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1883
81.7%
10$31,426$25,250
292
8.5%
1$31,642$23,092
361
5.6%
2$37,366$25,000
412
1.1%
1$36,206$29,240
511
1.0%
1$33,805$27,000
68
0.7%
1$34,454$21,878
78
0.7%
2$33,805$27,000
84
0.4%
1$33,805$27,000
92
0.2%
1$34,454$21,878

Top 12 schools in New Mexico

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 6 of the 12 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM Public · 3 feeder programs
450Psychology, General$31,46655%95%
2Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque, NM Public · 2 feeder programs
218Psychology, General$25,67531%
3New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, NM Public · 3 feeder programs
150Psychology, General$26,25055%89%
4Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso Branch Community College
Ruidoso, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
92Child Development29%
5Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus
Portales, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
52Psychology, General$19,84445%92%
6New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas, NM Public · 2 feeder programs
29Psychology, General$27,48326%
7University of the Southwest
Hobbs, NM Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs
26Psychology, General17%$20,882
8San Juan College
Farmington, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
20Psychology, General37%
9Western New Mexico University
Silver City, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
16Psychology, General$31,59132%
10Clovis Community College
Clovis, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
12Behavioral Sciences34%
11Santa Fe Community College
Santa Fe, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
10Psychology, General23%
12New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Socorro, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
6Psychology, General57%44%

All 12 schools in New Mexico

Every school in New Mexico with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in New Mexico that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
University of New Mexico - Main CampusAlbuquerquePublic4503
Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerquePublic2182
New Mexico State University - Main CampusLas CrucesPublic1503
Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso Branch Community CollegeRuidosoPublic921
Eastern New Mexico University - Main CampusPortalesPublic521
New Mexico Highlands UniversityLas VegasPublic292
University of the SouthwestHobbsPrivate not-for-profit263
San Juan CollegeFarmingtonPublic201
Western New Mexico UniversitySilver CityPublic161
Clovis Community CollegeClovisPublic121
Santa Fe Community CollegeSanta FePublic101
New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologySocorroPublic61

What psychologists, all other earn in New Mexico

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in New Mexico
Mean annual
Jobs in state
110
Job concentration
1.07×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in New Mexico, by employment

Albuquerque, NM
100jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+4.3%
About as fast as average
Openings per year
3,900
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
2,400
55,300 → 57,700
Typical entry education
Master's degree
Plus internship/residency

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Psychologists, All Other page.

How to become a Psychologist, All Other

Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above
Typical entry education
Master's degree
On-the-job training
Internship/residency

Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

Top skills

Active ListeningReading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingWritingSpeakingActive Learning

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in New Mexico

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 25 majors mapped to Psychologists, All Other24 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 19.0702Adult Development and Aging
  • 19.0706Child Development
  • 19.0711Early Childhood and Family Studies
  • 30.1701Behavioral Sciences
  • 42.0101Psychology, General
  • 42.2701Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics
  • 42.2702Comparative Psychology
  • 42.2704Experimental Psychology
  • 42.2705Personality Psychology
  • 42.2706Behavioral Neuroscience
  • 42.2707Social Psychology
  • 42.2708Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology
  • 42.2709Psychopharmacology
  • 42.2799Research and Experimental Psychology, Other
  • 42.2802Community Psychology
  • 42.2806Educational Psychology
  • 42.2807Clinical Child Psychology
  • 42.2808Environmental Psychology
  • 42.2810Health/Medical Psychology
  • 42.2811Family Psychology
  • 42.2812Forensic Psychology
  • 42.2813Applied Psychology
  • 42.2814Applied Behavior Analysis
  • 42.2815Performance and Sport Psychology
  • 42.2816Somatic Psychology(no graduates reported)

Common questions

Answers for people weighing psychologists, all other programs in New Mexico.

What degree do you need to become a Psychologist, All Other?+

Master's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Psychology, General, which awarded 883 degrees in New Mexico in 2024-25, 81.7% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Psychologist, All Other?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 9 programs to this occupation. The largest are Psychology, Human Development, Criminology, Clinical, plus 2 more. Together they graduate about 1,081 people a year in New Mexico.

Is demand for psychologists, all other growing?+

BLS projects a +4.3% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 3,900 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in New Mexico?+

12 institutions in New Mexico reported graduates from at least one of the 9 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do psychologists, all other work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Neuropsychologist, Staff Psychologist, Clinical Neuropsychologist, Pediatric Neuropsychologist, Board Certified Neuropsychologist, Pediatric Clinical Neuropsychologist among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 19-3039.

About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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