2022 Best Value General Cosmetology Schools for an Associate in New Mexico

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 General Cosmetology Schools for an Associate in New Mexico” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Cosmetology/Cosmetologist is the 494th most popular major in the country with 45,592 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across New Mexico, there were 448 general cosmetology/cosmetologist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 22 general cosmetology/cosmetologist graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,995 and $14,826 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Cosmetology Schools for an Associate in New Mexico” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general cosmetology/cosmetologist. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general cosmetology/cosmetologist 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 cosmetology/cosmetologist 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 General Cosmetology Schools for an Associate in New Mexico

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Cosmetology/Cosmetologist in New Mexico

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$3,429 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central New Mexico Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Cosmetology Schools for an Associate in New Mexico. CNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 associates’s general cosmetology degrees to qualified students.

CNM also made our “Best General Cosmetology/Cosmetologist Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $3,429 for New Mexico Associate Degree General Cosmetology students per year to attend CNM.

Read full report on General Cosmetology/Cosmetologist at Central New Mexico Community College

#2

Clovis Community College

Clovis, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$4,577 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Cosmetology Schools for an Associate in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Clovis Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Clovis, New Mexico, and it awarded 1 associates’s general cosmetology degrees in 2019-2020.

Clovis Community College also made our “Best General Cosmetology/Cosmetologist Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $4,577 for New Mexico Associate Degree General Cosmetology students per year to attend Clovis Community College.

Full Clovis Community College General Cosmetology/Cosmetologist 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

• *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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Tiffany Bumgardner.

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