2022 Best Value CIS Schools for an Associate in New Mexico

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value CIS Schools for an Associate in New Mexico” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Computer Information Systems is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 10th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 81,384 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, computer information systems graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $51,664 and had an average of $26,071 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 385 computer information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,633 and $26,343 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 120 computer information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,995 and $14,826 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value CIS Schools for an Associate in New Mexico” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in computer information systems. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality computer information systems programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the computer information systems program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value CIS Schools for an Associate in New Mexico” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value CIS Schools for an Associate in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value CIS Schools for an Associate in New Mexico.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Information Systems in New Mexico

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$3,429 Average Net Price

$31,585 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value CIS 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. CNM is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 78 associates’s CIS degrees in 2019-2020.

CNM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Computer Information Systems Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. It costs about $3,429 for new mexico associate degree cis students per year to attend CNM.

Read more about Computer Information Systems at CNM

#2

Santa Fe Community College

Santa Fe, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$7,020 Average Net Price

$38,289 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value CIS 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. SFCC 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.

In addition to being on our new mexico associate degree cis students list, SFCC has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Computer Information Systems Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. It costs about $7,020 for New Mexico Associate Degree CIS students per year to attend SFCC.

Read more about Computer Information Systems at 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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