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2022 Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in New Mexico

5 Ranked Colleges
104 Degrees Awarded
$5,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in New Mexico

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in New Mexico” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Welding Technology/Welder is the 194th most popular major in the country with 40,882 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across New Mexico, there were 344 welding technology/welder graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 104 welding technology/welder graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,995 and $14,826 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in New Mexico” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in welding technology/welder. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent welding technology/welder programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the welding technology/welder program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in New Mexico.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Welding Technology/Welder in New Mexico

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in New Mexico list. Central New Mexico Community College is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 40 associates’s wielding degrees to qualified students.

CNM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Welding Technology/Welder Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. It costs about $3,429 for New Mexico Associate Degree Wielding students per year to attend Central New Mexico Community College.

Full Central New Mexico Community College Welding Technology/Welder Report

#2

San Juan College

Farmington, New Mexico
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, San Juan College landed the #2 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 wielding degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new mexico associate degree wielding students list, SJC has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Welding Technology/Welder Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SJC is $6,115 for New Mexico Associate Degree Wielding students.

Read full report on Welding Technology/Welder at San Juan College

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Dona Ana landed the #3 spot on the list. New Mexico State University - Dona Ana is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 associates’s wielding degrees to qualified students.

NMSU Dona Ana also took the #3 spot in our “Best Welding Technology/Welder Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for New Mexico State University - Dona Ana is $5,539 for new mexico associate degree wielding students.

Full New Mexico State University - Dona Ana Welding Technology/Welder Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Carlsbad landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Carlsbad, New Mexico, and it awarded 2 associates’s wielding degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NMSU Carlsbad, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Welding Technology/Welder Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for New Mexico State University - Carlsbad is $7,715 for New Mexico Associate Degree Wielding students.

Read full report on Welding Technology/Welder at New Mexico State University - Carlsbad

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Grants. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Wielding Schools for an Associate in New Mexico list. New Mexico State University - Grants is a public institution located in Grants, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Grants also took the #5 spot in our “Best Welding Technology/Welder Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. It costs about $5,388 for New Mexico Associate Degree Wielding students per year to attend NMSU Grants.

Read more about Welding Technology/Welder at NMSU Grants

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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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