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2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico

5 Colleges
$29,075 Avg Salary
$20,374 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Legal Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in New Mexico to see which ones were the most popular undergraduate certificate 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 undergraduate certificate.

Our analysis found Central New Mexico Community College to be the most popular school for legal professions students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in New Mexico. CNM is a large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

Of the 9 students majoring in legal professions at CNM, 22% are male and 78% are female.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Clovis Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal professions schools in New Mexico. Located in the remote town of Clovis, Clovis Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 80% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Santa Fe Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal professions schools in New Mexico. SFCC is a small public school located in the suburb of Santa Fe.

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#4

Navajo Technical University

Crownpoint, NM

The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Navajo Technical University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal professions schools in New Mexico. Located in the remote area of Crownpoint, Navajo Tech is a public school with a small student population.

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Out of the 5 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Alamogordo landed the # 5 spot on the list. NMSU Alamogordo is a fairly small public school located in the rural area of Alamogordo.

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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 5 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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