2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in New Mexico

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in New Mexico” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Hospitality Management is the 66th most popular major in the country with 17,689 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, hospitality management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,874 and had an average of $22,906 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 72 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,312 and $26,125 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 27 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,811 and $16,074 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in New Mexico” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in hospitality management. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in hospitality management.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in New Mexico”.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management in New Mexico

1

New Mexico State University - Dona Ana
Las Cruces, New Mexico

#7 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Dona Ana. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in New Mexico. This medium-sized school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 17 associates’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.

Full New Mexico State University - Dona Ana Hospitality Management Report

2

Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central New Mexico Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in New Mexico. Central New Mexico Community College is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 associates’s hospitality degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at Central New Mexico Community College

3

Eastern New Mexico University - Ruidoso Campus
Ruidoso, New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern New Mexico University - Ruidoso Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in New Mexico list. ENMU - Ruidoso Campus is a public institution located in Ruidoso, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full ENMU - Ruidoso Campus Hospitality Management Report

3

Santa Fe Community College
Santa Fe, New Mexico

#15 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Santa Fe Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Hospitality Major in New Mexico. SFCC is a small school located in Santa Fe, New Mexico that handed out 1 associates’s hospitality degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Hospitality Management at SFCC

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management in the Southwest Region
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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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