2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Engineering Schools for an Associate in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Engineering is the 78th most popular major in the country with 11,925 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,152 and had an average of $20,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 127 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $6,212 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 80 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,995 and $14,826 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering 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 general engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico associate degree engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in New Mexico

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$3,626 Average Net Price

$35,954 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k list. Central New Mexico Community College is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 43 associates’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CNM, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. The yearly cost to attend CNM is $3,626 for New Mexico Associate Degree Engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

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