2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Agriculture in New Mexico

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in New Mexico” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 3,370 people earned their degree in general agriculture, making the major the 157th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general agriculture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,894 and had an average of $20,543 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 31 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 6 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,811 and $16,074 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in New Mexico” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general agriculture. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general agriculture program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in New Mexico

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico associate degree agriculture students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Agriculture in New Mexico

1

New Mexico Junior College
Hobbs, New Mexico

#19 overall quality in New Mexico

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Junior College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Hobbs, New Mexico, and it awarded 6 associates’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Eastern New Mexico University - Roswell Campus
Roswell, New Mexico

#10 overall quality in New Mexico

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Roswell Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. ENMU - Roswell Campus is a public institution located in Roswell, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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