Career Programs at CNM

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Central New Mexico Community College is $7,978 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.

Central New Mexico Community College offers the alternative tuition plans .

51% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $3,695 (exclude student loans).

CNM 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$7,978
Average Financial Amount	$3,695

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Central New Mexico Community College offers 168 vocational programs for Less than 12-Week Certificate, Less than 1-Year Certificate, 1-2 Years Certificate, and 2-4 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 9,303 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Central New Mexico Community College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Less than 12 Weeks Certificate	4	0	168
Less than 1 Year Certificate	55	7	2,866
2 Years Certificate	88	4	2,155
4 Years Certificate	21	1	0
Total	168	12	9,303

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

168 students have earned/completed Less than 12 Weeks Certificate program.
2,866 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
2,155 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
4,114 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 12 Weeks Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	168 completers	-
Sterile Processing Technology/Technician	✕	9	-
Public Health Education and Promotion	✕	30	-
Home Health Aide/Home Attendant	✕	23	-
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide	✕	106	-
	Total	168

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	44 completers	-
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences	✕	44	-
Architecture [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology	✕	0	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	16	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/Manager	✕	0	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	59 completers	-
Nail Technician/Specialist and Manicurist	✕	6	-
Cooking and Related Culinary Arts	✕	27	-
Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef	✕	25	-
Bartending/Bartender	✕	1	-
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	197 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	0	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	75	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	30	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	56	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	1	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✔	35	-
Technical Teacher Education	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	9	-
American Sign Language (ASL)	✕	6	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	214 completers	-
Foodservice Systems Administration/Management	✕	12	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✔	202	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	1,303 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	8	-
General Studies	✕	1,295	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Sustainability Studies	✕	8	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Physical Fitness Technician	✕	4	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Fire Services Administration	✕	0	-
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	✕	13	-
Wildland/Forest Firefighting and Investigation	✕	6	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	38 completers	-
Carpentry/Carpenter	✕	2	-
Electrician	✕	36	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	55 completers	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	13	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	42	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Cabinetmaking and Millwork	✕	5	-
Transportation and Materials Moving [+]	✕	83 completers	-
Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology	✕	19	-
Truck and Bus Driver/Commercial Vehicle Operator and Instructor	✕	64	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	40 completers	-
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	✕	38	-
Film/Video and Photographic Arts (other)	✕	1	-
Metal and Jewelry Arts	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	372 completers	-
Medical Transcription/Transcriptionist	✕	3	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	240	-
Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist	✕	43	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	1	-
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	✕	50	-
Dietetic Technician	✕	10	-
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide	✕	25	-
Business [+]	✔	394 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	236	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	11	-
Project Management	✔	19	-
Retail Management	✔	3	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	66	-
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services	✕	1	-
Customer Service Support/Call Center/Teleservice Operation	✔	30	-
Hospitality Administration/Management	✕	8	-
Marketing/Marketing Management	✔	6	-
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	✔	13	-
Construction Management	✕	1	-
	Total	2,866

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	0 completers	$23,700
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	0	$23,700
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	84 completers	$30,400
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	0	$30,400
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	11	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	1	-
Network and System Administration/Administrator	✕	42	-
System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/Manager	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	25	-
Computer Support Specialist	✕	5	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Cooking and Related Culinary Arts	✕	0	-
Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef	✕	0	$20,300
Bartending/Bartender	✕	0	-
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	✕	0	-
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Education	✕	0	-
Multicultural Education	✕	0	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	0	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✔	0	-
Technical Teacher Education	✕	0	-
Teacher Assistant/Aide	✕	0	-
Engineering [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Surveying Engineering	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Laser and Optical Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Surveying Technology/Surveying	✕	0	-
Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD/CADD	✕	1	-
Solar Energy Technology/Technician	✕	16	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Language Interpretation and Translation	✕	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Foodservice Systems Administration/Management	✕	0	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	9	-
Court Reporting/Court Reporter	✕	0	-
Legal Professions and Studies (other)	✕	0	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	1,630 completers	$23,700
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	1,630	$23,700
General Studies	✕	0	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Biotechnology	✕	11	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Sustainability Studies	✕	0	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Physical Fitness Technician	✕	6	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	5 completers	$31,500
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	1	-
Fire Services Administration	✕	0	-
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	✕	4	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✕	6	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	31 completers	-
Carpentry/Carpenter	✕	5	-
Electrician	✕	17	-
Plumbing Technology/Plumber	✕	9	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	32 completers	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	6	$32,400
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	13	-
Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Airframe Mechanics and Aircraft Maintenance Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Aircraft Powerplant Technology/Technician	✕	8	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Machine Tool Technology/Machinist	✕	6	$31,500
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	17	-
Cabinetmaking and Millwork	✕	0	-
Transportation and Materials Moving [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	✕	0	-
Film/Video and Photographic Arts (other)	✕	0	-
Metal and Jewelry Arts	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	54 completers	-
Dental Assisting/Assistant	✕	14	-
Dental Services and Allied Professions (other)	✕	0	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Medical Transcription/Transcriptionist	✕	0	-
Medical Office Assistant/Specialist	✕	14	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	21	-
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant	✕	5	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	0	-
Surgical Technology/Technologist	✕	0	-
Polysomnography	✕	0	-
Hematology Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist	✕	0	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	0	-
Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician	✕	0	-
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	✕	0	-
Dietetic Technician	✕	0	-
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✔	234 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	0	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	80	$33,200
Project Management	✔	0	-
Retail Management	✔	15	-
Accounting	✕	48	$31,100
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	67	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	13	-
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services	✕	9	-
Hospitality Administration/Management	✕	0	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	✕	0	-
Business Statistics	✕	1	-
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	✔	0	-
Construction Management	✕	1	-
	Total	2,155

2-4 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	0	-
Network and System Administration/Administrator	✕	0	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✔	0	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Court Reporting/Court Reporter	✕	0	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Biotechnology	✕	0	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✕	0	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Electrician	✕	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	0	-
Airframe Mechanics and Aircraft Maintenance Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Aircraft Powerplant Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Dental Assisting/Assistant	✕	0	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Medical Transcription/Transcriptionist	✕	0	-
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant	✕	0	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	0	-
Accounting	✕	0	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	0	-
Hospitality Administration/Management	✕	0	-
	Total	0

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant	✕	11	-
Architecture [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Environmental Design/Architecture	✕	6	-
Architectural History and Criticism	✕	8	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
Latin American Studies	✔	1	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✔ (1 completers)	71 completers	-
Communication	✔	71	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	93 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	70	-
Computer Science	✕	23	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	45 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	28	-
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	✕	16	-
Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager	✕	1	-
Education [+]	✕	137 completers	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	76	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	57	-
Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education	✕	4	-
Engineering [+]	✕	42 completers	-
Pre-Engineering	✕	39	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	0	-
Surveying Engineering	✕	3	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Laser and Optical Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD/CADD	✕	4	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Foreign Languages and Literatures	✕	10	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	71 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	18	-
Human Development and Family Studies	✕	53	-
Legal Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	47 completers	-
Pre-Law Studies	✔	34	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	13	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✔ (1 completers)	26 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✔	26	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	1,765 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	719	-
General Studies	✕	1,046	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	35 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	27	-
Biotechnology	✕	8	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	56 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	56	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	5	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	3	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	1	-
Physics	✕	3	-
Psychology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	213 completers	-
Psychology	✔	213	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	54 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	29	-
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	✕	25	-
Social Sciences [+]	✔ (4 completers)	260 completers	-
Anthropology	✔	15	-
Criminology	✔	81	-
Geography	✔	3	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✕	7	-
Political Science and Government	✕	25	-
Sociology	✔	129	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Electrician	✕	17	-
Building Construction Technology	✕	3	-
Plumbing Technology/Plumber	✕	3	-
Construction Trades (other)	✕	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	8	-
Airframe Mechanics and Aircraft Maintenance Technology/Technician	✕	6	-
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies (other)	✕	6	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Machine Tool Technology/Machinist	✕	1	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	17	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	27 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	1	-
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	✕	12	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	14	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	270 completers	-
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	✔	19	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant	✕	0	-
Physical Therapy Technician/Assistant	✕	15	-
Electroneurodiagnostic/Electroencephalographic Technology/Technologist	✕	6	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	25	-
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	✕	0	-
Surgical Technology/Technologist	✕	8	-
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician	✕	16	-
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	✕	8	-
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician	✕	15	-
Health Services Administration	✕	2	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	156	-
Business [+]	✔ (1 completers)	301 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	231	-
Project Management	✔	0	-
Accounting	✕	45	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	9	-
Hospitality Administration/Management	✕	10	-
Construction Management	✕	6	-
History [+]	✔	38 completers	-
History	✔	38	-
	Total	4,114

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 19,095 students are attending at Central New Mexico Community College. There are 315 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 585 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 20 to 1 (5.00%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 1,209 (full-time) and 685 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Central New Mexico Community College is 25% and transfer-out rate is 4%. The retention rate is 62% at the school.

CNM 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	19,095
Graduation Rate	25%
Number of Faculty	900
Student to Faculty Ratio	20 to 1

Student Population at CNM

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 18,563 students enrolled into Central New Mexico Community College. By gender, 7,154 male and 11,409 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Central New Mexico Community College.

Student Population By Gender
Central New Mexico Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	18,563	7,154	11,409
Full-time	4,595	1,941	2,654
Part-tme	13,968	5,213	8,755

There are 4,814 White (25.93%), 518 Black/African American (2.79%), 9,976 Hispanic (53.74%), 398 Asian (2.14%), and 12,781 students with other races attending Central New Mexico Community College. 51 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Central New Mexico Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	18,563	7,154	11,409
American Indian/Native American	1,228	384	844
Asian	398	153	245
Black/African American	518	238	280
Hispanic	9,976	3,742	6,234
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	52	16	36
White	4,814	2,016	2,798
Two More	558	241	317
Un-Known	968	341	627
Non-resident Alien	51	23	28

Central New Mexico Community College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

8,161 students (43.96% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 5,579 students (30.05% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Central New Mexico Community College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Central New Mexico Community College
	Number of Students
Total	18,563
Enrolled Online Exclusively	8,161
Enrolled Some Online Courses	5,579
Not in Online Courses	4,823

By age range, at Central New Mexico Community College, 4,930 students are aged 20 to 24 (26.56% of total students), 5,933 students are aged below 20 (31.96%), 823 students are aged above 50 (7.67%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Central New Mexico Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	18,563	7,154	11,409
Under 18	2,591	1,125	1,466
Age 18-19	3,342	1,405	1,937
Age 20-21	2,618	1,092	1,526
Age 22-24	2,312	858	1,454
Age 25-29	2,572	949	1,623
Age 30-34	1,766	624	1,142
Age 35-39	1,193	401	792
Age 40-49	1,346	430	916
Age 50-64	712	219	493
Over 64	111	51	60

Directory and Accreditation Information

Central New Mexico Community College is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1978 - Current[Estimated Date]).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Central New Mexico Community College.

525 Buena Vista Dr SE, Albuquerque, NM

505-224-3000

School Website

Admission Page

Financial Aid Information

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