Central New Mexico Community College

Overview

Rankings

• #4 Best Online Colleges in New Mexico
• #5 Most Affordable Colleges in New Mexico
• #34 Most Affordable Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Academics & Admissions

Is It Hard to Get Into Central New Mexico Community College? Acceptance Rate & Requirements

Based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Central New Mexico Community College enrolls students across a range of programs. The graduation rate is roughly 30%.

Retention Rate

60%

Full-Time Faculty

100%

Faculty Salary (mo)

$7,214

Student–Faculty Ratio

20:1

Diversity Index

0.64

First-Gen Students

48%

Cost & Financial Aid

How Much Does It Cost to Attend Central New Mexico Community College? Tuition, Net Price & Aid

Published tuition at Central New Mexico Community College is $8,684, but few families pay that. The number to watch is net price, what students actually pay each year after federal grants and institutional scholarships. Here it averages about $4,621. Students from families earning under $30,000 typically pay closer to $2,975 after need-based grants. The median graduate leaves with about $6,612 in federal student loans.

In-State Tuition

$2,060

Out-of-State

$8,684

Avg Net Price

$4,621

Median Debt

$6,612

Pell Grant Rate

27%

Federal Loan Rate

16%

Students Like You

Tell us a little about yourself to see what students like you have typically experienced at Central New Mexico Community College — the net price for your income, your admission odds, and the outcomes that follow. These are patterns from federal data, not predictions.

Graduate Outcomes

Is Central New Mexico Community College Worth It? Graduate Earnings & ROI

Ten years out, alumni of Central New Mexico Community College report median earnings of $36,869, a figure worth comparing against the cost of attendance before enrolling.

6 Years After Entry

$32,460

8 Years

$33,905

10 Years

$36,869

Debt-to-Earnings

0.18x

Earning > $25K

47%

Social Mobility

Data: Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card · 30M+ anonymized tax records

Does Central New Mexico Community College Drive Upward Mobility? Economic Mobility & Low-Income Outcomes

Central New Mexico Community College is a genuine engine of upward mobility. Its mobility rate, the share of students who start in the bottom income quintile and climb to the top, is 1.44%, well above the typical college. Access is a real strength here. Roughly 19.6% of students come from families in the bottom income quintile, a high share that gives low-income students a real foothold. Among bottom-quintile students who attend, roughly 7.3% go on to reach the top of the income ladder. The median family income of students sits near $54,500, a snapshot of the campus's socioeconomic mix.

Mobility Rate

1.44%

Bottom 20% → Top 20%

Success Rate

7.3%

If bottom 20% get in

From Bottom 20%

19.6%

Share of students

Parent Median Income

$74,046

today's $ (2015 cohort data)

Social Capital

Data: Opportunity Insights Social Capital Atlas

How Connected Is Central New Mexico Community College? Social Capital & Cross-Class Networks

Social capital, the web of cross-class friendships that researchers link to long-run upward mobility, runs below average at Central New Mexico Community College. Its economic connectedness score is 0.58, where about 1.0 is the national norm. Its friending bias sits near the middle of the range (0.10). Around 4% of students take part in civic and volunteering activity.

Economic Connectedness

0.58

Cross-class friendships

Friending Bias

0.10

Lower = more inclusive

Volunteering Rate

4.1%

Support Ratio

0.93

Community support

Innovation & Knowledge Creation

Patents, inventors, and research influence · Opportunity Insights & Times Higher Education

Central New Mexico Community College produces inventors at a measurable rate, with 16 patents tied to its graduates.

Inventor Rate

0.08%

Top 98% nationally

Patents Produced

16

Linked to graduates

Patent Citations

29

Downstream influence

Inventors From Low-Income

0.09%

Bottom-20% families

Institutional Finances

Data: NCES IPEDS

Top Programs

The fields Central New Mexico Community College awards the most degrees in, by share of completions. Where federal field-of-study data exists, we show what graduates in that major earned early in their careers. Each links to its degree guide — or see what someone with your income, scores, and major would pay and earn here in the Students Like You simulator.

• Humanities 35%
• Health Professions 15% $74,540 early-career
• Business & Marketing 11%
• Education 4%
• Mechanic & Repair Tech 4%
• Computer Science & IT 3%
• Culinary & Personal Services 3%
• Social Sciences 3%

Early-career median earnings by major (typically 1–2 years after completion, bachelor's level where available), in today's dollars (CPI-adjusted). Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard field of study. Distinct from the school-wide 10-year median; suppressed for small programs.