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Mesalands Community College

Tucumcari, New Mexico · Public community college

CNC & machining programs

42%completion rate · New Mexico avg 43%

not reportedmedian debt of graduates

$27,639median earnings, 6 yrs after entry

$32,272median earnings, 10 yrs after entry

not reportedannual cost of attendance

Yesfederal aid (FAFSA / Pell) eligible

Accreditation: Higher Learning Commission (Accredited)
Address: 911 S Tenth Street, Tucumcari, NM 88401 · Phone: (575) 461-6600 · School website ↗ · Verify on College Scorecard ↗

Accountability record (federal accreditation database, last 36 months; Department of Education oversight)
Sanction on record, since lifted — Feb 2024 · Probation · Higher Learning Commission; Feb 2026 · Accreditation Reaffirmed: Probation Removed. 12 sanction actions in the window.

Sanctions are probation, warning, show-cause and loss-of-accreditation actions by any recognized accreditor, including program-specific accreditors (a nursing-program probation counts for the campus). Routine monitoring reviews and voluntary withdrawals are not counted. Ask the school what the action concerned and how it was resolved.

Completion rate vs. benchmarks

What these trades pay once you're working

Occupation	Starting (10th pct)	Median	Experienced (75th)
Machinists	$39,250	$59,440	$72,690

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wages for everyone employed in the occupation in New Mexico (May 2025; national where the state figure is not published). The program table below shows what this campus's own graduates earned in their first year, whatever job they took.

Trade programs at this campus

Program	Credential	Grads / yr	Earnings, yr 1	Earnings, yr 2	Median debt
Precision Metal Working	Certificate, 1–2 years	19	not reported	not reported	not reported
Precision Metal Working	Associate degree	1	not reported	not reported	not reported

Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.

Graduates per year from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey. Earnings and debt are College Scorecard field-of-study medians for graduates of this program at this campus (reported at the 4-digit program level, so closely related programs share a figure); "not reported" means too few graduates were counted to publish a figure.

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Data: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026. Figures are the U.S. Department of Education's official measures, not Career Training Path's opinion. Tuition, schedules and program availability change — confirm with the school before enrolling.