2025 Best Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico

If you pursue a associate degree in early childhood education, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #16 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New Mexico to determine which ones were the best for early childhood education students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 215 associate degrees in early childhood education to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on early childhood education students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other early childhood education students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized early childhood education related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for early childhood education students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Early Childhood Education Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Early Childhood Education in New Mexico

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in early childhood education.

Top New Mexico Schools for an Associate in Child development

1

Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque, NM

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

98 Annual Graduates

Central New Mexico Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in early childhood education. CNM is a fairly large public college located in the city of Albuquerque.More information about a associate in early childhood education from Central New Mexico Community College

2

New Mexico State University - Dona Ana
Las Cruces, NM

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

41 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat New Mexico State University - Dona Ana if you want to pursue an associate degree in early childhood education. Located in the city of Las Cruces, NMSU Dona Ana is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in early childhood education from New Mexico State University - Dona Ana

Best Early Childhood Education Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Early Childhood Education Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	420	1,668
Arizona	349	117
Oklahoma	222	8

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Rankings in Majors Related to Child development

Early Childhood Education is one of 13 different types of Teacher Education Grade Specific programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Child development

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Teacher Education	70
Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching	22
Elementary Education	3
Secondary Education	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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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