2023 Most Well Attended Biotech Major in New Mexico

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Biotech Major in New Mexico” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Biotechnology is the 242nd most popular major in the country with 3,911 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across New Mexico, there were 20 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Biotech Major in New Mexico” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in biotechnology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular biotechnology programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Biotech Major in New Mexico

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico biotech students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Biotechnology in New Mexico

1

Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 overall quality in New Mexico

$30,582 Average Early-Career Earnings

$9,447 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Biotech Major in New Mexico list. This fairly large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 19 ’s biotech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Biotechnology at CNM

2

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Socorro, New Mexico

#3 overall quality in New Mexico

$57,275 Average Early-Career Earnings

$19,298 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Biotech Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Socorro, New Mexico, this small public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified ’s biotech students in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Biotechnology at New Mexico Tech

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Henk Caspers/Naturalis Biodiversity Center.