Eastern New Mexico University Teacher Education (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
- Public university
- Portales, NM
- About 41 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Eastern New Mexico University teacher education graduates earn about what teacher education graduates earn nationally, $41,896 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $24,000 in federal loans, close to the national median of $26,075. It is one of the higher-paying teacher education degrees in New Mexico.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The New Mexico and national columns are the medians across all teacher education bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Eastern New Mexico University graduates earn less than the national figure and about $1,710 less than the New Mexico median.
Debt and first-year pay at every New Mexico teacher education program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the New Mexico medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 8% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $254 a month, or 7.3% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
81% of graduates (25 of 31) were working in New Mexico one year after graduating. Prices in the parts of New Mexico outside metro areas are about 14% below the national average, so a $41,896 salary here buys what about $48,774 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to teacher education, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
$74,550Median pay in New Mexico. 6,210 people work in this job in New Mexico. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 87,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
$75,900Median pay in New Mexico. 8,120 people work in this job in New Mexico. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 63,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
$75,240Median pay in New Mexico. 4,260 people work in this job in New Mexico. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 38,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education
$44,070Median pay in New Mexico. 2,490 people work in this job in New Mexico. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 66,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: associate's degree.
About Eastern New Mexico University
Teacher Education ranks 5th of 13 bachelor's programs at Eastern New Mexico University by first-year earnings. The top three are Aviation ($88,085), Nursing ($83,465), and Accounting ($52,579).
Common questions
The median graduate earns $41,896 one year after graduating and $45,082 five years after. The median across teacher education bachelor's programs in New Mexico is $41,352.
The median federal loan balance is $24,000, which ranks 3rd lowest of 5 teacher education bachelor's programs in New Mexico. That works out to about $254 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 57% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 61%.
Most do. 81% (25 of 31) were working in New Mexico one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of New Mexico comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the teacher education program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024