University of New Mexico, Valencia County

The mission of the University of New Mexico, Valencia Campus is to provide community residents with lifelong educational opportunities in order to better prepare them to actively participate in the world as productive, responsible and creative individuals.

The Valencia Campus, a branch college of UNM, is an open-access, student-centered institution which offers a variety of associate degrees, certificate and credential programs.

Technical education programs are offered in: Business Management with options in Banking, Management, and Real Estate, Computer-Aided Drafting, Computer Information Systems; and Office and Business Technology. Certificates and/or two-year Associate of Applied Science degrees are available in each of these career-based fields. While these are not designed as transfer programs, some or all credits earned through these programs may be eligible for transfer.

Certificates and/or Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degrees are offered in the fields of Business Administration, Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Early Childhood Multicultural Education, Education, General Science, Human Services, Liberal Arts, Pre-Health Science, Studio Art and Southwest Studies. Most of the credits earned for these degrees can be transferred to the UNM-Main Campus or to most other four-year colleges and universities. Specific program articulation agreements have been approved with UNM-Main Campus for the business administration and computer science programs.

The University of New Mexico Valencia Campus is located in Tome, New Mexico, halfway between Belen and Los Lunas, the two main population centers of Valencia County. The campus occupies 150 acres of rural land overlooking the Rio Grande Valley to the west, the Manzano Mountains to the east, and historic Tome Hill to the north. The campus includes nine buildings designed in a modern, Southwestern style. UNM Valencia Campus received a prestigious award from the New Mexico Society of Architecture for its outstanding landscaping.

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