is eastern new mexico university really a poor education?

Question

I went to school at ENMU and graduated with a masters degree. Now i'm getting alot of flack from friends saying i graduated from a joke of a school in the middle of hicksville New Mexico (portales). I actually transferred to ENMU from Whitewater University in Wisconsin and found it to be much much more difficult and challenging. I never considered that my degree from this college would be laughable to others. How does it compare to average colleges across the us? Should i be concerned?

Answer 1

If people don't know anything specific about your university, and it has a direction (i.e. Eastern/Western) in the name, they will assume bad things about it, unless the direction is part of the state name (e.g. North Carolina is OK). This is especially true if it's in a state that's not terribly well known for having a highly educated population (although, because of the government labs, New Mexico has more PhDs per capita than any other state).

Answer 2

It depends on the concept of "an education". Is it the
ability to be a better "windbag" at gatherings, is it the ability
to be more successful in a chosen career after university,
or is it the "reputation" of a well known school. And is that
reputation based on academics or bolstered by national sports fame. I'll say this: I graduated from ENMU
and earned graduate degrees from well known schools.
I found my days at Eastern to be served by very caring and
competent instructors. Some work was quite challenging.
Three people I shared a house with in Portales are currently
an airline pilot for one of the largest airlines, a plant manager
of an electronic circuit company with 150 employees, a
psychologist and myself...an educator/administrator. We
are spread out from Arizona to New Mexico to North Carolina to New York. I can cite a dozen more enriching
and success stories of other ENMU colleagues of mine.
We have stayed in touch through the years...small school
atmosphere tends to keep people closer, longer. (opinion)
My life long friends from high school in New Jersey went to
small, "dinky" schools there and are senior partners in a
large accounting firm, high school principal and journalist
for a large east coast newspaper. So my friend, let them
say what they want...if you get the most out of the school,
you can drink champagne with anyone. I believe ENMU
is rated an overall good value for cost, small class size,
and caring instructors. Portales is not a a booming area
for cultural enrichment but most folks were warm and friendly
to the college population when I was there. So do not be
concerned, you went to a a decent small school and got a
a decent well rounded education. What you do with it is
much more important in life.

Answer 3

East New Mexico University

Answer 4

I'm not willing to say that it is a joke or that you can't get a decent education there.

However, it is not a particularly selective school. The average SAT score for admitted undergraduates is less than 1000 and more than a third of those admitted were in the bottom half of their high school classes.

A general rule of thumb is that "directional" public schools are not as good as other state schools. That is, the "University of XXXXX" is usually better than "XXXXX State University." That, in turn, is usually better than "Southern XXXX State University" or "Eastern XXXX State University" They are usually better than bi-directional schools (e.g., Northeastern XXXX State Unviversity).

BTW -- UW-Whitewater has similar admissions standards to Eastern New Mexico -- so it isn't surprising that it didn't seem like a better school to you.

Answer 5

undesirable training in whose eyes? be careful! Did you change in each task? Did you study and get stable grades? i could say no. in view which you're actually not compelled to stay there and can desire to have found out after the 1st semester that this college wasn't a competent greater healthful for you. till you may coach that there is fraud occurring, or another criminal pastime, only circulate on and discover someplace else to circulate (discover out in the journey that your credit circulate). possibly ***** to the college board.