If you pursue a associate degree in accounting, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #13 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New Mexico to determine which ones were the best for accounting students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 61 associate degrees in accounting during the 2020-2021 academic year.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to accounting students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of accounting students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt accounting students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized accounting related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for accounting students working on their associate degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Accounting in New Mexico
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in accounting.
Top New Mexico Schools for an Associate in Accounting
It is difficult to beat Central New Mexico Community College if you want to pursue an associate degree in accounting. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public college with a fairly large student population.
After graduating, accounting associate recipients generally earn about $33,181 in their early careers.
Santa Fe Community College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in accounting. Located in the suburb of Santa Fe, SFCC is a public college with a small student population.
Associate recipients from the accounting major at Santa Fe Community College get $5,443 above the standard college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).