2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Fire Science in New Mexico

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in New Mexico” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Fire Science is the 266th most popular major in the country with 8,102 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across New Mexico, there were 50 fire science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 28 fire science graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,811 and $16,074 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in New Mexico” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in fire science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in fire science.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in New Mexico”.

Top 6 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Fire Science in New Mexico

1

University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus
Los Alamos, New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in New Mexico list. Los Alamos, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s fire science degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

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2

Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central New Mexico Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in New Mexico. Central New Mexico Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 25 associates’s fire science degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

San Juan College
Farmington, New Mexico

#8 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Juan College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in New Mexico. Located in Farmington, New Mexico, this medium-sized public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s fire science students in 2020-2021.

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4

Clovis Community College
Clovis, New Mexico

#14 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clovis Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in New Mexico. Clovis Community College is a public institution located in Clovis, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Fire Science at Clovis Community College

4

Northern New Mexico College
Espanola, New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern New Mexico College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in New Mexico. Northern New Mexico College is a small public school situated in Espanola, New Mexico. It awarded 0 associates’s fire science degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Fire Science at Northern New Mexico College

4

Luna Community College
Las Vegas, New Mexico

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fire Science Major in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Luna Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Luna Community College is a public institution located in Las Vegas, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees 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.