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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communications Major in New Mexico” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 66,787 communication and media studies students received their degree, making the major the 10th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, communication and media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,115 and had an average of $25,414 in loans still to pay off.
Across New Mexico, there were 145 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,577 and $6,430 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 71 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,811 and $16,074 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communications Major in New Mexico” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in communication and media studies. That schools that top this list have a program in communication and media studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communications Major in New Mexico
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communications Major in New Mexico”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communications Major in New Mexico list. CNM is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 71 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at CNM
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communications Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Gallup Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Gallup, New Mexico, this small public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified associates’s communications students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at UNM Gallup
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Luna Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communications Major in New Mexico. Luna Community College is located in Las Vegas, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s communications degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Luna Community College
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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%.
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- *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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