by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Cosmetology Major in New Mexico” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 107,895 people earned their degree in cosmetology, making the major the 226th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, cosmetology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $17,007 and had an average of $10,898 in loans still to pay off.
Across New Mexico, there were 956 cosmetology graduates with average earnings and debt of $17,851 and $10,064 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 34 cosmetology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,811 and $16,074 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Cosmetology Major in New Mexico” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in cosmetology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their cosmetology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The cosmetology 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 Cosmetology Major in New Mexico”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico associate degree cosmetology students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern New Mexico College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Cosmetology Major in New Mexico list. This small school is located in Espanola, New Mexico, and it awarded 2 associates’s cosmetology degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Cosmetology at Northern New Mexico College
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Cosmetology Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Junior College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Hobbs, New Mexico, and it awarded 1 associates’s cosmetology degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Cosmetology at New Mexico Junior College
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Cosmetology Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Central New Mexico Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Central New Mexico Community College is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 28 associates’s cosmetology degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Cosmetology Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, San Juan College landed the #4 spot on the list. Farmington, New Mexico is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s cosmetology degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clovis Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Cosmetology Major in New Mexico. Clovis Community College is a small school located in Clovis, New Mexico that handed out 77 associates’s cosmetology degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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