2023 Best Accounting Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in New Mexico
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$31,747
Avg Salary
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Accounting for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
With 99,265 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, accounting is the 8th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, accounting graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,712 and had an average of $26,539 in loans still to pay off.
Across New Mexico, there were 419 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,819 and $32,212 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 61 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,811 and $16,074 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Accounting for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in accounting. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great accounting programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the accounting program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Accounting for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Accounting for an Associate”.
Top 2 Best Accounting Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans 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 #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Accounting for an Associate. Central New Mexico Community College is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 45 associates’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
CNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico” list.Of the 21,398 students enrolled at CNM, 839 were 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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full CNM Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Santa Fe Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Accounting for an Associate list. Located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this small public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified associates’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
SFCC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking.According to our most recent data, SFCC supports 3,459 students, and 62 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 24 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,075. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full SFCC Veteran Student Life Report
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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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