2022 Best Value Colleges for Critical Infrastructure Protection in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Critical Infrastructure Protection is the 478th most popular major in the country with 1,006 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 29 critical infrastructure protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent critical infrastructure protection programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the critical infrastructure protection program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 “Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region critical infrastructure protection students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Critical Infrastructure Protection in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

New Mexico State University - Dona Ana

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$5,539 Average Net Price

$28,191 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Dona Ana landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this medium-sized public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified ’s critical infrastructure protection students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NMSU Dona Ana, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Critical Infrastructure Protection Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for NMSU Dona Ana is $5,539 for Southwest Region Critical Infrastructure Protection students with aid.

Full NMSU Dona Ana Critical Infrastructure Protection Report

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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).
• 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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