2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Chemistry in New Mexico

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Chemistry Major in New Mexico” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 21,239 people earned their degree in chemistry, making the major the 51st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, chemistry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $40,656 and had an average of $22,680 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 67 chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $26,000 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 8 chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,811 and $16,074 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in New Mexico” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in chemistry. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in chemistry.

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

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

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

1

San Juan College
Farmington, New Mexico

#8 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Juan College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in New Mexico list. Located in Farmington, New Mexico, this medium-sized public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified associates’s chemistry students in 2020-2021.

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2

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 Chemistry Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Central New Mexico Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this fairly large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified associates’s chemistry students in 2020-2021.

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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.