New Mexico·Management Occupations·SOC 11-3131

Best Training programs in New Mexico, ranked by enrollment

Plan, direct, or coordinate the training and development activities and staff of an.

23 schools in New Mexico run programs that feed this job, graduating 1,635 people a year. The job pays a median of $124,290 in New Mexico across about 180 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledLearning ManagerTraining ManagerTraining DirectorL and D Director (Learning and Development Director)Learning OfficerKnowledge ManagerLearning DirectorOnboarding Manager
Graduates / yr
1,635
in New Mexico
Median pay · New Mexico
$124,290
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
180
people employed
Schools
23
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
32%
across those schools
Median net price
$20,882
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in New Mexico that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

3 programs in New Mexico that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in New Mexico (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own New Mexico page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
11,615
98.8%
23$43,506$25,000
213
0.8%
1$33,086$26,000
37
0.4%
1$43,506$25,000

Top 23 schools in New Mexico

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 10 of the 23 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM Public · 2 feeder programs
663Business Administration and Management, General$45,21555%95%
2Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
281Business Administration and Management, General$37,01031%
3Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus
Portales, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
115Business Administration and Management, General$40,08545%92%
4New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
113Business Administration and Management, General$35,59955%89%
5New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas, NM Public · 2 feeder programs
99Business Administration and Management, General$39,27126%
6Northern New Mexico College
Espanola, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
82Business Administration and Management, General29%
7Western New Mexico University
Silver City, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
54Business Administration and Management, General32%
8San Juan College
Farmington, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
38Business Administration and Management, General37%
9Santa Fe Community College
Santa Fe, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
33Business Administration and Management, General$39,83423%
10New Mexico State University - Dona Ana
Las Cruces, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
29Business Administration and Management, General19%
11Eastern New Mexico University - Roswell Campus
Roswell, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
28Business Administration and Management, General32%
12University of New Mexico - Gallup Campus
Gallup, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
22Business Administration and Management, General$25,69820%
13University of the Southwest
Hobbs, NM Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
18Business Administration and Management, General17%$20,882
14New Mexico Junior College
Hobbs, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
16Business Administration and Management, General58%
15University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus
Los Alamos, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
10Business Administration and Management, General$25,69823%
16Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso Branch Community College
Ruidoso, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
9Business Administration and Management, General29%
17University of New Mexico - Valencia County Campus
Los Lunas, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
7Business Administration and Management, General$25,69821%
18Luna Community College
Las Vegas, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
6Business Administration and Management, General28%
19Mesalands Community College
Tucumcari, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
4Business Administration and Management, General42%
20New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Socorro, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
3Business Administration and Management, General57%44%
21Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
Albuquerque, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
2Business Administration and Management, General14%
22University of New Mexico - Taos Campus
Ranchos de Taos, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
2Business Administration and Management, General$25,69830%
23Southeast New Mexico College
Carlsbad, NM Public · 1 feeder programs
1Business Administration and Management, General20%

All 23 schools in New Mexico

Every school in New Mexico with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in New Mexico that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
University of New Mexico - Main CampusAlbuquerquePublic6632
Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerquePublic2811
Eastern New Mexico University - Main CampusPortalesPublic1151
New Mexico State University - Main CampusLas CrucesPublic1131
New Mexico Highlands UniversityLas VegasPublic992
Northern New Mexico CollegeEspanolaPublic821
Western New Mexico UniversitySilver CityPublic541
San Juan CollegeFarmingtonPublic381
Santa Fe Community CollegeSanta FePublic331
New Mexico State University - Dona AnaLas CrucesPublic291
Eastern New Mexico University - Roswell CampusRoswellPublic281
University of New Mexico - Gallup CampusGallupPublic221
University of the SouthwestHobbsPrivate not-for-profit181
New Mexico Junior CollegeHobbsPublic161
University of New Mexico - Los Alamos CampusLos AlamosPublic101

What training and development managers earn in New Mexico

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in New Mexico
$124,290
Mean annual
$122,420
Jobs in state
180
What the range looks like
10th pct$73,730Median$124,29090th pct$176,820
Versus the national median
-6.5%

U.S. median $133,000. New Mexico pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
0.66×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM
$128,980median
100 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+5.8%
Faster than average
Openings per year
3,800
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
2,700
46,400 → 49,200
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Training and Development Managers page.

How to become a Training

Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree
Work experience needed
5 years or more

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Top skills

Learning StrategiesReading ComprehensionActive ListeningSpeakingWritingMonitoring

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in New Mexico

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 9 majors mapped to Training and Development Managers9 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 09.0901Organizational Communication, General
  • 13.0403Adult and Continuing Education Administration
  • 13.0607Learning Sciences
  • 42.2804Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • 52.0201Business Administration and Management, General
  • 52.0213Organizational Leadership
  • 52.1001Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General
  • 52.1003Organizational Behavior Studies
  • 52.1006Executive/Career Coaching

Common questions

Answers for people weighing training and development managers programs in New Mexico.

What degree do you need to become a Training?+

Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Business Administration and Management, General, which awarded 1,615 degrees in New Mexico in 2024-25, 98.8% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Training?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 3 programs to this occupation. The largest are Business Administration, Educational Assessment. Together they graduate about 1,635 people a year in New Mexico.

How much do training and development managers earn in New Mexico?+

The median is $124,290 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 6.5% below the U.S. median of $133,000. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for training and development managers growing?+

BLS projects a +5.8% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, faster than average, with roughly 3,800 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in New Mexico?+

23 institutions in New Mexico reported graduates from at least one of the 3 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do training and development managers work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Learning Manager, Training Manager, Training Director, L and D Director (Learning and Development Director) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 11-3131.

Training and Development Managers in other statesCaliforniaArizonaTexasFloridaUtahNew YorkNew HampshireNorth Carolina

About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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