Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso Branch Community College

Ruidoso, New Mexico

  • Public technical or community college
  • Public
  • Town
  • 377 students

What you can study

Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Carpentry and construction

  • Construction Trades, GeneralCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $39,348

Child care and early education

  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763

Computers and IT

  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
  • Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
  • Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417

Culinary arts

  • Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 1 finishedGraduates here earned $58,915 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169

Engineering technology

  • Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
  • Quality Control and Safety Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $60,799
  • Quality Control and Safety Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $60,096

Medical assisting and pharmacy tech

  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
  • Fire ProtectionCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
  • Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 26 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533

Welding and machining

  • Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
Other programs (17)
  • Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,380
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $41,208
  • Education, GeneralAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $28,911
  • Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $47,691
  • English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $27,003
  • Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $24,176
  • Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $34,451
  • Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,179
  • HistoryAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $31,926
  • Hospitality Administration/ManagementCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $41,933
  • Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $37,255
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 7 finishedNationally: $35,042
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 30 finishedGraduates here earned $37,371 a year afterNationally: $34,134
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $41,294
  • Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,701
  • Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $30,994
  • Social WorkCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $38,578
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$2,424$30–48k$4,756$48–75k$4,880$75–110k$6,136Over $110kNot reportedSource: College Scorecard
Average net price
$3,567per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$10,748sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$1,372Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
1%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
20%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$39,5216 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$44,19810 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$13,750federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
16%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
19%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard

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Where these numbers come from

Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso Branch Community College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.

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