2023 Best Anthropology Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Anthropology for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Anthropology is the 77th most popular major in the country with 11,415 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, anthropology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $26,616 and had an average of $23,038 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,085 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,069 and $22,177 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 41 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality anthropology programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the anthropology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Anthropology for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree vets studying anthropology.
Top 1 Best Anthropology Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Anthropology for an Associate list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s anthropology degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
CNM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Anthropology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Among the 21,398 students enrolled at Central New Mexico Community College, 839 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 390 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,171. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Central New Mexico Community College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at CNM]](/colleges/central-new-mexico-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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