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Most Popular Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico

2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico

9 Colleges
$29,801 Avg Salary
$26,059 Avg Student Debt

Legal Professions is the #21 most popular major in New Mexico with 173 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in New Mexico to see which ones were the most popular associate degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Legal Professions program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for legal professions majors pursuing a associate degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Central New Mexico Community College the most popular school in New Mexico for legal professions students working on their associate degree. CNM is a large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

About 81% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 19% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Santa Fe Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico list. SFCC is a small public school located in the suburb of Santa Fe.

About 89% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 11% are male.

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Out of the 9 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Clovis Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the town of Clovis, Clovis Community College is a public college with a small student population.

About 60% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 40% are male.

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The in-demand associate degree programs at New Mexico State University - Alamogordo helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal professions schools in New Mexico. NMSU Alamogordo is a fairly small public school located in the rural area of Alamogordo.

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#5

Navajo Technical University

Crownpoint, NM

Out of the 9 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Navajo Technical University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Crownpoint, Navajo Tech is a public college with a small student population.

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Out of the 9 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Dona Ana landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Las Cruces, NMSU Dona Ana is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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New Mexico Junior College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for legal professions students to get a associate degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the remote town of Hobbs, New Mexico Junior College is a public college with a small student population.

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San Juan College

Farmington, NM

San Juan College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for legal professions students to get a associate degree. It came in at #7 on the list. SJC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Farmington.

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University of New Mexico - Gallup Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico list. Located in the rural area of Gallup, UNM Gallup is a public school with a small student population.

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Explore all the Most Popular Legal Professions Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 1,593
Texas 3,012
Oklahoma 708

Major Annual Graduates
Law 36,216
Legal Support Services 11,545
Legal Research 6,874
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 4,407
Legal Professions (Other) 2,013

Related Major Annual Graduates
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting 142,610
Public Administration & Social Service 98,583
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies 73,813
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences 4,477

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 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).
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