2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major 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 an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in New Mexico” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

History is the 30th most popular major in the country with 32,731 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, history graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,467 and had an average of $23,587 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 115 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,879 and $20,385 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 38 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,811 and $16,074 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in New Mexico” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in history. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their history program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The history 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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in New Mexico”.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in New Mexico

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

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for History in New Mexico

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Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 overall quality in New Mexico

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Central New Mexico Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s history degrees to 38 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on History at Central New Mexico Community College

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Eastern New Mexico University - Ruidoso Campus
Ruidoso, New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern New Mexico University - Ruidoso Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in New Mexico list. ENMU - Ruidoso Campus is located in Ruidoso, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s history degrees to qualified students.

Full Eastern New Mexico University - Ruidoso Campus History 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.