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2023 Best Value Construction Trades Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$1,684 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,535 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Construction Trades School for You

With 40 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, construction trades is the #33 most popular major in New Mexico.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Construction Trades Schools in New Mexico to help you in your search for the best school for you.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Construction Trades Colleges.

Best Construction Trades School

$1,684 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Central New Mexico Community College the best value school in New Mexico for construction trades students. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public college with a large student population.

CNM undergraduate students pay an average of $1,684 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CNM is ranked #5 for overall quality for construction trades in New Mexico.

Full Construction Trades at Central New Mexico Community College Report

Best Value Construction Trades Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 51
Texas 318
Oklahoma 101

Construction Trades Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers 23,527
Building Management & Inspection 4,511
Carpentry 3,273
Plumbing & Water Supply 2,617
Construction 1,435
Masonry 274
Other Construction 157

Related Major Annual Graduates
Personal & Culinary Services 130,328
Mechanic & Repair Technologies 96,336
Precision Production 52,913
Transportation & Materials Moving 29,084

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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