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2023 Best Value Information Technology Schools in New Mexico

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$4,795 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,022 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Technology School for You

Information Technology is one of the most popular subjects to study in New Mexico. With 36 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which computer science program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Computer Science Degree Search has created its Best Value Information Technology Schools in New Mexico ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New Mexico to see which programs offered the best value experiences for IT students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Information Technology Schools in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Information Technology Colleges.

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality in Information Technology

$1,684 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Central New Mexico Community College the best value school in New Mexico for information technology students. CNM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CNM are $1,684 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CNM is ranked #4 for overall quality for IT in New Mexico.

Read full report on Information Technology at Central New Mexico Community College

$7,906 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Information Technology Schools in New Mexico list. Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNM are $7,906 per year.

UNM also took the #3 spot in our Best Information Technology Schools in New Mexico rankings.

Full Information Technology at University of New Mexico - Main Campus Report

Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Information Technology Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 1,208
Arizona 811
Oklahoma 53

One of 10 majors within the computer science area of study, information technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

IT Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Computer & IS Security 22,829
Network & System Administration/Administrator 5,501
Information Technology Management 4,009
Computer Support Specialist 3,176
System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management/Manager 2,077
Information Technology Project Management 2,076
Web/Multimedia Management & Webmaster 887

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Science 18,325
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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 Craig Dennis.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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