2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Curriculum & Instruction (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Curriculum Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 18,195 people earned their degree in curriculum and instruction, making the major the 57th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, curriculum and instruction graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $49,708 and had an average of $36,052 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 3,035 curriculum and instruction graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,000 and $40,179 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 6 curriculum and instruction graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality curriculum and instruction programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the curriculum and instruction program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Curriculum Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Curriculum Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Curriculum Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Curriculum & Instruction (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

New Mexico State University - Alamogordo

Alamogordo, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$8,304 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Curriculum Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Alamogordo landed the #1 spot on the list. NMSU Alamogordo is a public institution located in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NMSU Alamogordo, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Curriculum & Instruction Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,304 for southwest region associate degree curriculum students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend New Mexico State University - Alamogordo.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Curriculum & Instruction at New Mexico State University - Alamogordo

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Curriculum & Instruction (Income $75-$110k)

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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