2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Computer & Information Sciences in New Mexico

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In 2019-2020, 48,796 people earned their degree in general computer and information sciences, making the major the 18th most popular in the United States.

Across New Mexico, there were 306 general computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 110 general computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,995 and $14,826 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Computer and Information Sciences Schools for an Associate in New Mexico” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general computer and information sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general computer and information sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general computer and information sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Computer and Information Sciences Schools for an Associate in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Computer and Information Sciences Schools for an Associate in New Mexico.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Computer & Information Sciences in New Mexico

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$3,429 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Computer and Information Sciences Schools for an Associate in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Central New Mexico Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s computer and information sciences degrees to 78 students in 2019-2020.

CNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Computer & Information Sciences Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. The yearly cost to attend CNM is $3,429 for New Mexico Associate Degree Computer and Information Sciences students.

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#2

Santa Fe Community College

Santa Fe, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$7,020 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Computer and Information Sciences Schools for an Associate in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Santa Fe Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Santa Fe Community College is a public institution located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SFCC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Computer & Information Sciences Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. It costs about $7,020 for New Mexico Associate Degree Computer and Information Sciences students per year to attend SFCC.

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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