2023 Best Laboratory Technician Colleges for Veterans in New Mexico
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Ranked Colleges
43
Degrees Awarded
$30,800
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Clinical Laboratory Technician” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Laboratory Technician is the 193rd most popular major in the country with 4,185 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across New Mexico, there were 43 laboratory technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Clinical Laboratory Technician” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in laboratory technician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality laboratory technician 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 laboratory technician program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Clinical Laboratory Technician
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Clinical Laboratory Technician”.
Top 2 Best Laboratory Technician Colleges for Veterans in New Mexico
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Clinical Laboratory Technician that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 20 ’s clinical laboratory technician degrees in 2020-2021.
UNM also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].According to our most recent data, UNM supports 22,311 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Clinical Laboratory Technician list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this fairly large public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified ’s clinical laboratory technician students in 2020-2021.
CNM also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 21,398 students enrolled at Central New Mexico Community College, 839 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Central New Mexico Community College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at CNM]](/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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