2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Education for an Associate
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Ranked Colleges
356
Degrees Awarded
$21,420
Avg Salary
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 New Mexico for Education for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
With 327,871 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, education is the 4th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $46,202 and had an average of $24,437 in loans still to pay off.
Across New Mexico, there were 2,266 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,185 and $22,011 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 356 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,811 and $16,074 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality education programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Education for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Education for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Education for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Education Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in New Mexico
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 New Mexico for Education for an Associate list. Central New Mexico Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 137 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
CNM also made our “Best Education Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 839 of the 21,398 students enrolled at CNM were GI Bill® students, of which 390 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,171. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. CNM does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Central New Mexico Community College]](/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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