2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Education in New Mexico

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Teacher Education Major in New Mexico for an Associate” ranking.

In 2020-2021, 9,949 people earned their degree in teacher education, making the major the 97th most popular in the United States.

Across New Mexico, there were 91 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 77 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,811 and $16,074 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Teacher Education Major in New Mexico for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in teacher education. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in teacher education.

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Most Well Attended Teacher Education Major in New Mexico for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico associate degree teacher education students.

Top 3 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Education in New Mexico

1

Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 overall quality 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 Most Well Attended Teacher Education Major in New Mexico for an Associate list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s teacher education degrees to 76 students in 2020-2021.

Full Central New Mexico Community College Teacher Education Report

2

Western New Mexico University
Silver City, New Mexico

#12 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western New Mexico University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Teacher Education Major in New Mexico for an Associate list. Western New Mexico University is a small public school situated in Silver City, New Mexico. It awarded 1 associates’s teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Teacher Education at Western New Mexico University

3

Luna Community College
Las Vegas, New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Luna Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Teacher Education Major in New Mexico for an Associate list. Luna Community College is a small public school situated in Las Vegas, New Mexico. It awarded 0 associates’s teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Luna Community College Teacher Education Report

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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.

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