Albuquerque, NM (population: 535,923) has two hospitality schools within its city limits. Central New Mexico Community College, the highest ranked school in the city with a hospitality program, has a total student population of 27,999. It is the 5420th highest ranked school in the USA and the 26th highest in the state of New Mexico (#1 is New Mexico State University-Main Campus). To learn more about hospitality programs in Albuquerque, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of hospitality professors at Central New Mexico Community College such as Robert Preble.
Hospitality students from Albuquerque schools who go on to become hospitality managers, caterers, event planners, wedding planners, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 334,310 people working as hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $19,190. Also, Food preparation and serving related employees make on average $20,880 per year and there are about 11,218,260 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Albuquerque area alone, there are 33,620 employed food preparation and serving related employees earning an average salary of $18,960. Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in this area earn $17,880/yr and there are 1,160 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 3.036 out of every 1000 jobs in Albuquerque are held by hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop, and 88.045/1000 are held by food preparation and serving related employees.
Of the 2 hospitality schools in Albuquerque, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Central New Mexico Community College comes out as the most expensive ($10,387/yr) for hospitality 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 |