NMSS - Workforce: Education

Workforce: Private Colleges

sandy — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:46:55 -0600

Private Colleges

Private colleges in Metro New Mexico offer a variety of academic programs and degrees. Among them, they offer associate, bachelor and post-graduate degrees. Private colleges in the state include:

Apollo College
College of Santa Fe
Institute of American Indian Arts
ITT Technical Institute
National American University
Pima Medical Institute
Southwestern College
St. John's College
University of Phoenix
Webster University

Apollo College

Apollo College in Albuquerque offers medical, dental and health care degree and certificate programs. Programs include:

Dental Assistant
Fitness Technician
Massage Therapist
Medical Administrative Assistant
Medical Assistant
Medical Billing and Coding
Medical Laboratory Technicial
Nursing
Pharmacy Technician

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College of Santa Fe

The College of Santa Fe, founded in 1859, is a liberal arts college that offers undergraduate and graduate degrees. Over 1,900 students were enrolled for the Spring 2007 semester, with about 750 in the traditional program and 1200 evening and weekend students in Santa Fe and Albuquerque. College of Santa Fe:

Has 20 undergraduate programs, two masters' programs and several certificate programs.
Is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Sets tuition at $11,732 per semester plus registration fees.

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Institute of American Indian Arts

Established in 1962, the Institute of American Indian Arts is a four-year fine arts college located in Santa Fe. The college serves Native students from across the country. In any given year, there may be up to 112 different tribes represented within the student body. The institute:

Offers four-year degrees in Studio Arts; Visual Communication; Creative Writing and Museum Studies
Has graduated more than 3800 students representing 90% of the tribes in the nation
Is the nation's only fine arts college devoted solely to the artistic and cultural traditions of all American Indians
Is accredited by both the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design
Sets tuition for full-time students at $2400 per year plus fees.

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ITT Technical Institute

ITT Technical Institute, located in Albuquerque, offers bachelor's and associate degrees through on-site and on-line courses. ITT Tech offers technology and business education for today's business environment.

The school of Information Technology offers a Bachelor's of Science in Information Systems Security and an Associate's in Information Technology.
The School of Electronics offers a Bachelor's in Electronics and Communication Engineering Technology and an Associate's in Computer and Electronics Engineering Technology.
The School of Drafting and Design offers an Associate's in Computer Drafting & Design and Information Technology-Multimedia Option
The School of Business offers a Bachelor's in Business Administration and Technical Project Management.
The School of Criminal Justice offers a Bachelor's in Criminal Justice.
Tuition varies depending on the course.

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National American University

National American University has campuses in Albuquerque and Rio Rancho. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees through its on-site and on-line courses.

Degrees are offered in accounting, athletic training, business administration, general education studies, information technology, legal studies, nursing, organizational leadership, pre-engineering, and veterinary technology.
The learning resource center provides comprehensive library resources and services.
Tuition for the 2007 academic year is $247/credit hour.

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Pima Medical Institute

Pima Medical Institute has had a campus in Albuquerque since 1985 with about 575 undergraduate students. Tuition varies depending on the course. The college offers vocational training in various medical professions:

Associate degree programs in Nursing, Respiratory Therapy, Ophthalmic Medical Technician, Physical Therapist Assistant, and Radiography
Certificates in Dental Assistant, Medical Assistant, Medical Administrative Assistant, Pharmacy Technician, Veterinary Assistant, and Massage Therapist
Tuition varies according to classes

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Southwestern College

Located in Santa Fe, Southwestern College is a graduate school offering degrees and certificates in a variety of counseling fields. Enrollment is about 175 students with class sizes between 12 and 18 students. It offers:

Master's degrees in Counseling, Counseling with a concentration in Grief & Loss, and Art Therapy.
Certificates in Art Therapy, Grief Counseling and Psychodrama & Action Methods.
The Counseling Center at Southwestern College
Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Tuition for the 2005/06 academic year was $14,880 per year

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St. John's College

Located in Santa Fe, St. John's College is a four-year liberal arts college, with an all-required course of study based on the reading, study, and discussion of the most important books of Western tradition. There are no majors and no departments; all students follow the same program. St. John's was founded in Annapolis, MD in 1696; the Santa Fe campus opened in 1964.

Students study from the classics of literature, philosophy, theology, psychology, political science, economics, history, math, laboratory sciences and music.
Classes are discussion-based and have a 1:8 faculty-student ratio.
St. John's is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
The college strives to keep student population at 450-550.
Tuition for 2007 academic year is $36,346. Room and board is $8,270 and fees are $200.

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University of Phoenix

University of Phoenix learning centers offer undergraduate and graduate degree programs, with a strong distance learning component.

University of Phoenix maintains campuses in Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
Fields of study include technology, nursing, education, human services, business and criminal justice.
Their small, intensive classes are often taught on-line.

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Webster University

With two campuses in Albuquerque, Webster University offers undergraduate and graduate certificates, and masters degrees though its on-site and on-line classes.

On-line degrees include Master of Business Administration and Master of Arts.
The School of Education offers a Master of Arts in Teaching and an Education Specialist degree.
The College of Arts & Sciences offers a Master of Arts in International Relations.
For the 2005/06 academic year tuition rates vary from $810 to $1170 per class, with an application fee of $50.

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Workforce: Community Colleges

sandy — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:24:21 -0600

Community Colleges

Community colleges in the state offer a variety of programs, including technical courses, workforce training, fine arts, education and business. Most offer credits that transfer to major universities, including the University of New Mexico, a Class I research institution.

Central New Mexico Community College

Central New Mexico Community College (CNM), formerly called Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute (TVI), is the third largest post-secondary school in New Mexico. In Spring of 2007 nearly 20,870 students took advantage of TVI's certificate programs, associate degrees, and continuing education offerings.

CNM has four campuses: two in central Albuquerque, one in the South Valley near Los Lunas, and a new campus on the West Side near Rio Rancho.
As a community college, CNM offers liberal arts and lower division requirement courses for college transfer, as well as an extensive range of associate degree and certificate programs. Occupational and business courses are free to district residents.
Tuition for the 2007 year is $41.40-$51.40/credit hour for in-state students plus a $40 registration fee. Distance learning is $30 per hour.
CNM dedicated a 53,000-square-foot building to the West Side campus. The building includes science labs, pharmacy labs and administrative space. The $20M building will be open for class in January 2008.

Special Programs at CNM:

Occupational and certificate programs in business, health, information technology, and trades
Certificate and degree programs in electronics and advanced manufacturing, including semiconductor fabrication
Certificate program in Geomatics for surveying technicians
Programs in microsystems and optics/photonics
Aviation Technology associate degree holders can transfer to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's bachelor's degree program. Embry-Riddle has teaching sites in Albuquerque.

CNM & the Community:

CNM has served the high-tech community so well for so many years that economic development recruiters and companies consider the school an asset. Local employers serve on advisory committees that keep CNM attuned to current and emerging needs for skill development.

In June 2006, the National Science Foundation praised CNM's Southwest Center for Microsystems Education for their strong partnership with Sandia National Labs, the continuing development of meaningful projects for students and an effective outreach program into local schools.

General Motors has selected CNM as one of only several schools nationwide to participate in its Marketing Internship program.
CNM's Workforce Training Center is a state-of-the-art facility for training technology workers and developing customized courses

Santa Fe Community College

Santa Fe Community College was established in 1983. The college had almost 6,000 students for the Spring 2007 semester, and offers credit, noncredit, on-line classes and adult basic education programs. The college also offers:

Four academic departments: Business & Technologies, Educational Leadership, Health & Sciences and Liberal & Fine Arts
Almost 40 programs of study including accounting, architectural drafting, fashion design, gallery management, media arts and Southwest studies
A Small Business Development Center, designed for business owners and entrepreneurs looking for low-cost information; the center offers on-campus workshops throughout the year
The SFCC Training Center Corporation, created in order to conduct activities related to the college's Film Center and the Biomass Plant, and to support the development of other training projects in the future
UNM Extended University students earn UNM credits by taking courses through live, televised web-based or correspondence instruction.

Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute is a National Indian Community College and Land Grant Institution serving American Indian students. The school was opened in 1971. Fees range from $150-$280 per trimester and is open to American Indian and Alaskan Natives who meet certain criteria. The college offers:

Academic programs in Advanced Technical Education; Applied Vocational Technologies; Business Technologies; General Education and Early Childhood Education
An extended college - the Distance Education Program, which provides a variety of courses offered via SIPI's Satellite and Video Conferencing Network
Visions 21 program, which is funded by the National Science Foundation and seeks to increase the number of Native Americans graduating in science, technology, engineering and mathematics
Small Business Administration training to support a multi-partner national initiative to increase entrepreneurship opportunities and economic development services for the country's 100 most economically disadvantaged tribes

Workforce: Other State Colleges

sandy — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 19:20:09 -0600

Other State Colleges

New Mexico Highlands University

New Mexico Highlands University, based in Las Vegas, NM, is about an hour northeast of Santa Fe.

Offers degree completion and graduate courses in both Santa Fe and Rio Rancho locations.
Fields of study include arts & sciences, business, social work, engineering, and teacher education.
NMHU Rio Rancho also offers criminal justice, public affairs administration, computer science, and general and school counseling.
NMHU enrolls more than 3,100 students at all its branches combined.
Tuition for the 2006-07 academic year is $2,424.

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, familiarly called New Mexico Tech, is located in Socorro, about an hour's drive south of Albuquerque and 1/2 hour south of Belen. This state-supported university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in science, engineering and other technically-related fields.

New Mexico Tech is renowned for its world-class research programs in hydrology, astrophysics, atmospheric physics, geophysics, homeland security, information technology, geosciences, energetic materials engineering, and petroleum recovery.
New Mexico Tech ranked number 1 in the nation in industry-funded R&D by the State Science and Technology Institute
New Mexico Tech’s labs are ranked one of the five coolest labs in the nation by Popular Science
New Mexico Tech is rated as one of the 25 hottest schools by Newsweek and Kaplan’s College Guide 08’
New Mexico Tech offers a highly personal education, unusual for an engineering school, with 1,455 students in Spring 2007.
New Mexico Tech's science and engineering school was listed among the 15% of the 4-year colleges in the U.S. that made Princeton Review's Guide to the Best 361 colleges.
U.S. News & World Report listed New Mexico Tech as one of America's Best third-tier Colleges for 2006.
Tuition for the 2006-07 academic year is $3,996 .

Workforce: UNM

sandy — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 19:09:46 -0600

UNM

The University of New Mexico (UNM) offers hundreds of programs at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels. As a Class I Research University, UNM:

offers a full range of baccalaureate programs
is committed to graduate education through the doctoral degree
gives high priority to support research
receives at least $40 million annually in federal support
awards at least 50 PhD degrees each year.

UNM, which was founded in 1889, is located in Albuquerque with campuses throughout the state. The university:

offers 210 certificate and degree programs, with 93 bachelor's degrees, 68 master's degrees and 37 doctoral programs
has 11 degree-granting schools and colleges
had 30,449 students at all of its campuses in 2007, of which about 5,714 were in graduate and professional schools
has about 1900 teaching faculty, and include a Nobel Laureate, two MacArthur Fellows and several members of the national academies
offers certificate and degree programs through the continuing education program at the main campus and branches in Los Lunas-Valencia, Santa Fe and Rio Rancho, as well as other non-Metro locations around the state

in 2007, UNM will begin offering its four-year bachelor of science in nursing degree at the Los Lunas-Valencia campus

has branch enrollment of nearly 40,000 additional students annually
has two programs - rural medicine and family medicine that were ranked in the top ten by U.S. News & World Report in 2006
was ranked among the top 25 colleges and universities for Latinos by Hispanic Magazine in 2004
received more than $926 million for contracts and grants in 2004 in support of research, public service, and instruction projects
plans to build a new campus in Rio Rancho in the coming decade.

UNM gives high priority to research funding. In late 2006, the UNM Foundation earmarked $600,000 for a new endowment that will provide grants for scientists to mold emerging technologies into products that can attract investors. UNM's technology transfer arm, the Science Technology Corp will work with the foundation to raise about $2M for the endowment, with a goal of eventually funding 10 to 15 projects annually. STC has forged strong ties with the Anderson School of Management and research oriented colleges in fields such as engineering and life sciences to work together to identify and promote marketable technology. Notably:

number of licenses granted by UNM to companies has tripled from 9 to 30 in the last three years
disclosure of new technologies doubled from 46 to 96
number of patent applications filed tripled from 20 to 62

Among UNM's outstanding research units are: