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Best Value Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico

2023 Best Value Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$1,922 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,766 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate School for You

With 37 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, fire protection is the #88 most popular major in New Mexico.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in New Mexico to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for fire protection students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Fire Protection

Our analysis found New Mexico State University - Dona Ana to be the best value school for fire protection students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in New Mexico. NMSU Dona Ana is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Las Cruces.

NMSU Dona Ana undergraduate students pay an average of $2,160 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Central New Mexico Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value fire protection schools in New Mexico. Located in the 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 #1 for overall quality for fire protection in New Mexico.

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Best Value Fire Protection Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Fire Protection Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 220
Arizona 41
Oklahoma 42

One of 4 majors within the area of study, fire protection has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Corrections 113,121
Homeland Security 7,140
Security Science and Technology 6,888
Other Homeland Security 1,695

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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