2025 Best Early Childhood Education Schools in New Mexico
4Colleges in New Mexico
372Child development Degrees Awarded
Early Childhood Education is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #34 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in New Mexico to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of early childhood education. Combined, these schools handed out 372 degrees in early childhood education to qualified students.
Your choice of early childhood education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Early Childhood Education School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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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 Early Childhood Education Schools in New Mexico list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Early Childhood Education in New Mexico
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the child development degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is difficult to beat New Mexico State University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in early childhood education. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces. This university ranks 11th out of 24 schools for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were roughly 22 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at NMSU Main Campus in the most recent year we have data available.
Central New Mexico Community College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in early childhood education. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public college with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #631 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means CNM is a great college overall.
There were approximately 86 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at CNM in the most recent data year.
Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in early childhood education. Located in the remote town of Portales, ENMU - Main Campus is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 12th out of 24 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were about 16 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at ENMU - Main Campus in the most recent year we have data available.
New Mexico State University - Dona Ana is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in early childhood education. NMSU Dona Ana is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Las Cruces. A Best Colleges rank of #1316 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means NMSU Dona Ana is a great university overall.
There were approximately 60 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at NMSU Dona Ana in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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Your choice of early childhood education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Early Childhood Education School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
