New Mexico State University-Alamogordo
Alamogordo, New Mexico
- Two-year college
- Public
- Rural
- 591 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.
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedGraduates here earned $28,775 a year after finishingNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 2 finishedGraduates here earned $27,406 a year after finishingNationally: $30,190
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
- Data ProcessingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,489
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedGraduates here earned $61,644 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,355
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $57,072
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,073
Graphic and applied design
- Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
- Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,578
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 2 finishedGraduates here earned $30,879 a year after finishingNationally: $40,997
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
Other programs (15)
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $27,737
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 6 finishedGraduates here earned $32,715 a year afterNationally: $40,381
- Curriculum and InstructionAssociate degree · 0 finished
- Education, GeneralAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $28,911
- Energy Systems Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $45,889
- Energy Systems Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $55,703
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $47,691
- Fine and Studio ArtsCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $32,800
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $24,176
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $38,650
- Human Services, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $32,008
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 17 finishedGraduates here earned $28,705 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Social WorkAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $34,827
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $5,370per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $14,330sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $2,616Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 3%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 27%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $38,3146 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $43,92210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $14,980federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 20%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 32%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 New Mexico State University-Alamogordo, 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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