2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Geography in the Southwest Region

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 “Best Value Geography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Geography is the 144th most popular major in the country with 5,476 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 548 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 11 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great geography programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the geography 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Geography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Geography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree geography students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Geography in the Southwest Region

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$3,429 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central New Mexico Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified associates’s geography students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CNM, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Geography Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend CNM is $3,429 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Geography students.

Read full report on Geography at 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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