“Innovative workforce training models are a worthwhile investment that will strengthen our state's economy. New Mexico has immense talent. We owe it to our children and our economy to make smart investments in education and target areas where we have the potential to create jobs and major new industries. By preparing our students and retraining our labor force for lucrative high-tech jobs, we can create a more diverse new generation of innovators and entrepreneurs and build a sustainable and prosperous future for our state.”
MARTIN HEINRICH
United States Senator, New Mexico
“Computer Science can be about using the power of technology to create meaningful things for your community.”
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Albuquerque
National Center for Women in IT statistics
Coding and Computer Science Stats
1,877 open computing jobs
(4.1 times the average demand rate in New Mexico)
Code.org
Average salary for a computing occupation in NM is $79,230
(significantly higher than the average salary in the state ($44,160) Code.org
Existing open jobs in New Mexico represents a $148,714,710 in potential income. Code.org
Only 141 computer science graduates in 2015.
Only 18% were female.
Code.org
Only 169 high school students in NM took the AP Computer Science exam in 2017.
Only 29% were female; only 67 students were Hispanic or Latino;
1 student was Black; 1 student was Native American or Alaska Native; only one student was Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
Code.org
Only 18 schools in NM (14% of NM schools with AP programs) offered the AP Computer Science course in 2016-2017.
There are fewer AP exams taken in Computer Science than any other STEM subject. Code.org
Universities in New Mexico did not graduate a single new teacher prepared to teach computer science in 2016.Code.org
According to a representative survey from Google/Gallup, school administrators in NM support expanding computer science education opportunities: 70% of principals surveyed think CS is just as or more important than required core classes. And one of their biggest barriers to offering computer science is the lack of funds for hiring and training teachers.Code.org
The State of New Mexico has no dedicated state funding for Computer Science Professional Development, does not require all high schools to offer Computer Science, and has no K-12 Computer Science curriculum standards. Code.org
There are fewer AP exams taken in computer science than in any other STEM subject area.Code.org
This information comes from a study done by ACT testing organization.
To learn more, CLICK HERE.
Education Stats
74% of high school students
aren't prepared for college in one subject.
31% of high school students
aren't prepared for college in any subject.
15 million youth are currently enrolled in US high schools.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2016/2016013.pdf
These students are the most wonderfully diverse in our country's history https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2016/2016013.pdf
White: 50.2% Black: 14.9% Latino: 25.9%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 5.5% American Indian: 1%
Two or more races: 2.5%
More than 95% of 9th graders, from all economic groups,
plan on completing a college degree
https://www.air.org/resource/how-can-we-help-students-match-college-aspirations-college-enrollment
While more than 9 out of 10 9th graders plan to graduate from college, fewer than half actually do
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d16/tables/dt16_104.20.asp
IN US High Schools:
Students report being bored 70% of the time.
http://ei.yale.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Brackett_EmoRev-Presentation_Presentation.pdf
1 in 6 9th graders drops out before graduating,
with higher numbers for students of color, low-income students and boys.
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_coi.asp
47% of high school seniors haven’t completed the classes they need to be prepared for college or work.
(Only 8% of high school seniors have completed the classes necessary to be ready for college and work.)
https://edtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MeanderingTowardGraduation_EdTrust_April2016.pdf
Fewer than 4 in 10 are ready for college by graduation. http://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/P_99_999999_N_S_N00_ACT-GCPR_National.pdf
Most go on to college anyway,
because they know college degrees are essential for good jobs.
But: Many (52% of community college freshmen and 20% of 4-year college freshmen) must take remedial courses,
where they pay to learn
what they should have learned in high school https://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/files/CCA%20Remediation%20ES%20FINAL.pdf
And many end up with debt but no degree.
More than 1 in 3 students who start in a 4-year college
don’t earn a degree-- and 8 in 10 students who start in a 2-year college-- don’t graduate
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2002 through Spring 2013, Winter 2013-14, and Winter 2014-15, Graduation Rates component.
https://nces.ed.gov/statprog/handbook/pdf/ipeds.pdf
US was 1st in the world to provide universal high school education. And 1st in the world to radically expand access to college. But other countries used our playbook, and eventually passed us by: We’ve fallen from #1 to #14 in the world
in the number of young people graduating from high school
http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/education-at-a-glance-2016/indicator-a2-how-many-students-are-expected-to-complete-upper-secondary-education_eag-2016-8-en (Figure A2.3., p.58)
And our 15 year olds are now:
19th in world in Science
20th in world in Reading
31st in world in Math
https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pisa/pisa2015/pisa2015highlights_4.asp
And while the postsecondary education levels of US adults now rank 5th in the world, our young adults only rank 11th.
https://data.oecd.org/eduatt/adult-education-level.htm#indicator-chart
1,877 open computing jobs
(4.1 times the average demand rate in New Mexico)
Code.org
Average salary for a computing occupation in NM is $79,230
(significantly higher than the average salary in the state ($44,160) Code.org
Existing open jobs in New Mexico represents a $148,714,710 in potential income. Code.org
Only 141 computer science graduates in 2015.
Only 18% were female.
Code.org
Only 169 high school students in NM took the AP Computer Science exam in 2017.
Only 29% were female; only 67 students were Hispanic or Latino;
1 student was Black; 1 student was Native American or Alaska Native; only one student was Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
Code.org
Only 18 schools in NM (14% of NM schools with AP programs) offered the AP Computer Science course in 2016-2017.
There are fewer AP exams taken in Computer Science than any other STEM subject. Code.org
Universities in New Mexico did not graduate a single new teacher prepared to teach computer science in 2016.Code.org
According to a representative survey from Google/Gallup, school administrators in NM support expanding computer science education opportunities: 70% of principals surveyed think CS is just as or more important than required core classes. And one of their biggest barriers to offering computer science is the lack of funds for hiring and training teachers.Code.org
The State of New Mexico has no dedicated state funding for Computer Science Professional Development, does not require all high schools to offer Computer Science, and has no K-12 Computer Science curriculum standards. Code.org
There are fewer AP exams taken in computer science than in any other STEM subject area.Code.org
This information comes from a study done by ACT testing organization.
To learn more, CLICK HERE.
Education Stats
74% of high school students
aren't prepared for college in one subject.
31% of high school students
aren't prepared for college in any subject.
15 million youth are currently enrolled in US high schools.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2016/2016013.pdf
These students are the most wonderfully diverse in our country's history https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2016/2016013.pdf
White: 50.2% Black: 14.9% Latino: 25.9%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 5.5% American Indian: 1%
Two or more races: 2.5%
More than 95% of 9th graders, from all economic groups,
plan on completing a college degree
https://www.air.org/resource/how-can-we-help-students-match-college-aspirations-college-enrollment
While more than 9 out of 10 9th graders plan to graduate from college, fewer than half actually do
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d16/tables/dt16_104.20.asp
IN US High Schools:
Students report being bored 70% of the time.
http://ei.yale.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Brackett_EmoRev-Presentation_Presentation.pdf
1 in 6 9th graders drops out before graduating,
with higher numbers for students of color, low-income students and boys.
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_coi.asp
47% of high school seniors haven’t completed the classes they need to be prepared for college or work.
(Only 8% of high school seniors have completed the classes necessary to be ready for college and work.)
https://edtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MeanderingTowardGraduation_EdTrust_April2016.pdf
Fewer than 4 in 10 are ready for college by graduation. http://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/P_99_999999_N_S_N00_ACT-GCPR_National.pdf
Most go on to college anyway,
because they know college degrees are essential for good jobs.
But: Many (52% of community college freshmen and 20% of 4-year college freshmen) must take remedial courses,
where they pay to learn
what they should have learned in high school https://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/files/CCA%20Remediation%20ES%20FINAL.pdf
And many end up with debt but no degree.
More than 1 in 3 students who start in a 4-year college
don’t earn a degree-- and 8 in 10 students who start in a 2-year college-- don’t graduate
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2002 through Spring 2013, Winter 2013-14, and Winter 2014-15, Graduation Rates component.
https://nces.ed.gov/statprog/handbook/pdf/ipeds.pdf
US was 1st in the world to provide universal high school education. And 1st in the world to radically expand access to college. But other countries used our playbook, and eventually passed us by: We’ve fallen from #1 to #14 in the world
in the number of young people graduating from high school
http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/education-at-a-glance-2016/indicator-a2-how-many-students-are-expected-to-complete-upper-secondary-education_eag-2016-8-en (Figure A2.3., p.58)
And our 15 year olds are now:
19th in world in Science
20th in world in Reading
31st in world in Math
https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pisa/pisa2015/pisa2015highlights_4.asp
And while the postsecondary education levels of US adults now rank 5th in the world, our young adults only rank 11th.
https://data.oecd.org/eduatt/adult-education-level.htm#indicator-chart
New Mexico Stats
New Mexico is home to two universities that have been recognized for their respective digital media degree programs:
Animation Career Review ranked New Mexico State University 49th of the top 100 U.S. schools for animation and game design.
The Princeton Review recently ranked the top 10 schools for undergraduate and graduate game design; the University of New Mexico is pegged at 9th.
ACCESS STATS
Broadband adoption rates on Tribal Lands is just 32.6%.
(From the FCC's 2018 Broadband Deployment Report.
SANTA FE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT STATS
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CYBERSECURITY JOBS STATS
https://www.cyberseek.org/heatmap.html
Cybersecurity Career Data
BROADBAND STATS
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/census-n-m-struggling-for-a-good-connection/article_7ef18278-008e-5396-8250-8c8c52847c4f.html
Census: N.M. struggling for a good connection
By Teya Vitu | tvitu@sfnewmexican.com Dec 24, 2018
New Mexico is among the least connected states to broadband in the nation
and ranks No. 48th.
New U.S. Census Bureau
“Low broadband internet subscription rates were found in many counties
in the upper Plains, the Southwest and South,”
"There is a gap between broadband availability and customer subscriptions"
Deming and Gallup are among the half-dozen or so U.S. micropolitan areas (fewer than 50,000 residents) with the lowest income and highest poverty, respectively.
Counties with broadband rates below 55 percent include
Doña Ana, Socorro, Cibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Guadalupe, San Miguel, Mora and Harding — most with poverty rates between 26 and 37 percent.
“Expanding broadband access will grow New Mexico’s economy, create jobs, boost wages, improve health outcomes, support small business growth, help our students learn, increase crop yields, and so much more,”
Gov.-elect Michelle Lujan Grisham
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/census-n-m-struggling-for-a-good-connection/article_7ef18278-008e-5396-8250-8c8c52847c4f.html
Census: N.M. struggling for a good connection
By Teya Vitu | tvitu@sfnewmexican.com Dec 24, 2018
New Mexico is among the least connected states to broadband in the nation
and ranks No. 48th.
New U.S. Census Bureau
“Low broadband internet subscription rates were found in many counties
in the upper Plains, the Southwest and South,”
"There is a gap between broadband availability and customer subscriptions"
Deming and Gallup are among the half-dozen or so U.S. micropolitan areas (fewer than 50,000 residents) with the lowest income and highest poverty, respectively.
Counties with broadband rates below 55 percent include
Doña Ana, Socorro, Cibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Guadalupe, San Miguel, Mora and Harding — most with poverty rates between 26 and 37 percent.
“Expanding broadband access will grow New Mexico’s economy, create jobs, boost wages, improve health outcomes, support small business growth, help our students learn, increase crop yields, and so much more,”
Gov.-elect Michelle Lujan Grisham