2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations in New Mexico

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for an Associate in New Mexico” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 51,300 people earned their degree in agriculture and agriculture operations, making the major the 23rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, agriculture and agriculture operations graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,886 and had an average of $19,085 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 638 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,300 and $18,197 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 99 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,995 and $14,826 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agriculture and agriculture operations programs and 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 agriculture and agriculture operations program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for an Associate in New Mexico” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for an Associate in New Mexico

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations in New Mexico

#1

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

Portales, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$9,516 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for an Associate in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Portales, New Mexico, and it awarded 1 associates’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

ENMU - Main Campus also made our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for ENMU - Main Campus is $9,516 for New Mexico Associate Degree Agriculture & Agriculture Operations students.

Read full report on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

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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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