2025 Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Mexico

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in early childhood education, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #32 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 64 bachelor's degrees in early childhood education to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on early childhood education students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of early childhood education students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized early childhood education related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for early childhood education students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Early Childhood Education Schools

The child development school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Mexico.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Early Childhood Education in New Mexico

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in early childhood education.

Top New Mexico Schools for a Bachelor's in Child development

1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, NM

Graduate Certificate Highest Degree Type

22 Annual Graduates

New Mexico State University - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in early childhood education. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in early childhood education from New Mexico State University - Main Campus

2

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus
Portales, NM

16 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in early childhood education has to check out Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. ENMU - Main Campus is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Portales.More information about a bachelor’s in early childhood education from Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

Best Early Childhood Education Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Early Childhood Education Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	572	114
Oklahoma	377	190
Arizona	356	431

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Rankings in Majors Related to Child development

Early Childhood Education is one of 13 different types of Teacher Education Grade Specific programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Elementary Education	198
Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching	71
Secondary Education	54

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Vgrigas. More about our data sources and methodologies.