2022 Best Value Pre-Law Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Pre-Law Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 540 people earned their degree in pre-law, making the major the 633rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 89 pre-law graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 66 pre-law graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great pre-law programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the pre-law 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.

More Ways to Rank Pre-Law Schools

The pre-law 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 Pre-Law Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Value Pre-Law Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree pre-law students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Pre-Law in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$3,429 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pre-Law Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Central New Mexico Community College is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 37 associates’s pre-law degrees to qualified students.

CNM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Pre-Law Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend CNM is $3,429 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Pre-Law students with aid.

Read full report on Pre-Law at CNM

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Pre-Law (With Aid)

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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