2022 Best Value Data Processing Schools for an Associate in New Mexico

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Data Processing Schools for an Associate in New Mexico” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Data Processing is the 227th most popular major in the country with 2,320 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, data processing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,900 and had an average of $17,482 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 143 data processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,800 and $8,994 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 38 data processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,995 and $14,826 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Data Processing Schools for an Associate in New Mexico” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in data processing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality data processing 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 data processing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Data Processing Schools for an Associate in New Mexico

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Data Processing in New Mexico

#1

New Mexico State University - Dona Ana

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$5,539 Average Net Price

$24,421 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Data Processing Schools for an Associate in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Dona Ana landed the #1 spot on the list. NMSU Dona Ana is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 associates’s data processing degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our new mexico associate degree data processing students list, NMSU Dona Ana has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Data Processing Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for NMSU Dona Ana is $5,539 for New Mexico Associate Degree Data Processing students.

Read more about Data Processing at NMSU Dona Ana

#2

New Mexico State University - Grants

Grants, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$5,388 Average Net Price

$24,421 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Data Processing Schools for an Associate in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Grants landed the #2 spot on the list. New Mexico State University - Grants is located in Grants, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 associates’s data processing degrees to qualified students.

NMSU Grants did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Data Processing Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. The yearly cost to attend New Mexico State University - Grants is $5,388 for New Mexico Associate Degree Data Processing students.

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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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