2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fire Science in New Mexico

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Fire Science Schools for an Associate in New Mexico” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 7,726 people earned their degree in fire science, making the major the 246th most popular in the United States.

Across New Mexico, there were 71 fire science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 22 fire science graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,995 and $14,826 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fire science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the fire science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Fire Science Schools for an Associate in New Mexico

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fire Science in New Mexico

#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 Fire Science Schools for an Associate in New Mexico list. CNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 18 associates’s fire science degrees in 2019-2020.

CNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fire Science Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. It costs about $3,429 for New Mexico Associate Degree Fire Science students per year to attend CNM.

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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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