Albuquerque, NM (population: 535,923) has five business administration schools within its city limits. ITT Technical Institute-Albuquerque, the highest ranked school in the city with a business administration program, has a total student population of 722. It is the 3800th highest ranked school in the USA and the 15th highest in the state of New Mexico (#1 is New Mexico State University-Main Campus).
Business Administration students from Albuquerque schools who go on to become business administration professors, business leaders, business executives, business administrators, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 73,790 people working as business teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $83,840. Also, Business and financial operations employees make on average $65,900 per year and there are about 6,063,670 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Albuquerque area alone, there are 15,770 employed business and financial operations employees earning an average salary of $62,250. Business teachers in this area earn $62,740/yr and there are 400 employed.
Albuquerque lies in Bernalillo county, which is one of the 23 counties in New Mexico. Overall, the Albuquerque area has 381,870 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $19.31/hr average worker wage, and a $40,170 average annual salary. Thus, about 1.037 out of every 1000 jobs in Albuquerque are held by business teachers, and 41.287/1000 are held by business and financial operations employees.
Of the 5 business administration schools in Albuquerque, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, ITT Technical Institute-Albuquerque comes out as the most expensive ($22,907/yr) for business administration students, with Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute as the lowest, reported at only $4,195/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Albuquerque |
| Albuequerque | NM | - | 1 | 4.18669 | 13 | 3.0 miles |
| Rio Rancho | NM | 85,837 | 1 | 10.6625 | 12 | 10.6 miles |
| Santa Fe | NM | 74,019 | 6 | 20.0822 | 127 | 54.1 miles |
| Grants | NM | - | 1 | 9.85236 | 40 | 69.7 miles |