2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in New Mexico

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in New Mexico” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Information Technology is the 35th most popular major in the country with 31,531 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across New Mexico, there were 90 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 80 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,779 and $27,879 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in New Mexico” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information technology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their information technology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in New Mexico

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico bachelor’s degree it students.

Top 4 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in New Mexico

1

Navajo Technical University
Crownpoint, New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Navajo Technical University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in New Mexico. Navajo Technical University is located in Crownpoint, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s IT degrees to qualified students.

Full Navajo Tech Information Technology Report

2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, New Mexico

#5 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in New Mexico. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 69 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.

Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus Information Technology Report

3

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Socorro, New Mexico

#3 overall quality in New Mexico

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Socorro, New Mexico, this small public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s IT students in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Information Technology Report

4

Northern New Mexico College
Espanola, New Mexico

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern New Mexico College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Espanola, New Mexico, this small public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s IT students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Information Technology at Northern New Mexico College

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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.