2024 Statistics for New Mexico Colleges

Of the 43 New Mexico schools, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology ranked first and Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus ranked second (view more at New Mexico college rankings).
The 2024 average tuition & fees of all New Mexico colleges is $6,254 for New Mexico residents and $13,926 for out-of-state students. The average acceptance rate is 69.57% and the average SAT score is 1,104. The average number of students is 2,377 and the average student to faculty ratio is 16 to 1.
The below statements summarize the average statistics of tuition, admission, and more academic factors for New Mexico colleges. For the statistics, we include only 4-years colleges such as national universities and liberal arts colleges.
In addition, for some statistics, we include only eligible colleges, for example, for the graduate tuition & fees over colleges that offer the graduate programs.

New Mexico Colleges Core Statistics Comparison

The following table lists colleges located in New Mexico ordered by college ranking. The ranking is targeting only 4-years universities and colleges. The "-" value in other columns means that the corresponding data has not been reported or the school does not have programs for the values.
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All SchoolsPublicPrivate4-Years CollegeCommunity CollegesCareer Colleges
College NameUndergraduate Tuition & FeesGraduate Tuition & FeesSAT ScoreAcceptance RatePopulationGraduation RateStudent to Faculty Ratio
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Socorro, NM
Public, 4 years
four-years
$26,312$27,8521,18054.0%1,68955%9 to 1
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus
Portales, NM
Public, 4 years
four-years
$8,718$7,22696055.0%5,10641%16 to 1
University of New Mexico-Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM
Public, 4 years
four-years
$26,451$21,5501,03095.0%21,95351%17 to 1
New Mexico State University-Main Campus
Las Cruces, NM
Public, 4 years
four-years
$25,271$19,42199076.0%14,26850%16 to 1
St. John's College
Santa Fe, NM
Private, 4 years
four-years
$38,946$27,1801,36049.0%43971%8 to 1
University of the Southwest
Hobbs, NM
Private, 4 years
four-years
$16,670$23,364--1,06626%19 to 1
Western New Mexico University
Silver City, NM
Public, 4 years
four-years
$14,354$10,946--3,37831%11 to 1
Southwestern College
Santa Fe, NM
Private, 4 years
four-years
-$21,236--193--
New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas, NM
Public, 4 years
four-years
$12,180$12,636--2,67725%10 to 1
Southeast New Mexico College
Carlsbad, NM
Public, 2-4 years
$4,008---1,67321%13 to 1
Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque, NM
Public, 2-4 years
$8,366---19,09527%20 to 1
Carrington College-Albuquerque
Albuquerque, NM
Private, 2-4 years
$61,578---37757%18 to 1
New Mexico State University-Dona Ana
Las Cruces, NM
Public, 2-4 years
$6,360---6,66216%20 to 1
Paul Mitchell the School-Albuquerque
Albuquerque, NM
Private, Less than 2 years
$15,500---16767%30 to 1
Northern New Mexico College
Espanola, NM
Public, 4 years
four-years
$14,328$10,746--1,15439%12 to 1
Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine
Las Cruces, NM
Private, 4 years
four-years
----662--
Santa Fe Community College
Santa Fe, NM
Public, 2-4 years
$4,995---3,26618%11 to 1
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development
Santa Fe, NM
Public, 4 years
four-years
$5,801$12,745-100.0%86827%9 to 1
Avenue Academy, A Cosmetology Institute
Albuquerque, NM
Private, Less than 2 years
$10,750---9770%20 to 1
New Mexico Junior College
Hobbs, NM
Public, 2-4 years
$2,280---2,22849%17 to 1
A Better U Beauty Barber Academy
Albuquerque, NM
Private, Less than 2 years
$17,900---38-11 to 1
University of New Mexico-Taos Campus
Ranchos de Taos, NM
Public, 2-4 years
$5,004---1,22223%36 to 1
University of New Mexico-Gallup Campus
Gallup, NM
Public, 2-4 years
$4,612---2,11315%36 to 1
Vogue College of Cosmetology-Santa Fe
Santa Fe, NM
Private, Less than 2 years
$15,500---68100%15 to 1
University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Campus
Los Alamos, NM
Public, 2-4 years
$5,578---1,00929%23 to 1
New Mexico State University-Alamogordo
Alamogordo, NM
Public, 2-4 years
$6,072---1,03220%11 to 1
Olympian Academy of Cosmetology
LAS CRUCES, NM
Private, Less than 2 years
$16,800---68849%18 to 1
Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso Branch Community College
Ruidoso, NM
Public, 2-4 years
$2,644---69116%12 to 1
New Mexico State University-Grants
Grants, NM
Public, 2-4 years
$4,272---82533%17 to 1
Navajo Technical University
Crownpoint, NM
Public, 4 years
four-years
$2,450$6,268--1,3548%8 to 1
Brookline College-Albuquerque
Albuquerque, NM
Private, 4 years
four-years
$88,847---52864%18 to 1
University of New Mexico-Valencia County Campus
Los Lunas, NM
Public, 2-4 years
$5,130---1,95316%19 to 1
Clovis Community College
Clovis, NM
Public, 2-4 years
$3,224---2,30341%17 to 1
Aveda Institute-New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
Private, Less than 2 years
$16,818---14577%20 to 1
San Juan College
Farmington, NM
Public, 2-4 years
$4,985---5,45422%12 to 1
Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell Campus
Roswell, NM
Public, 2-4 years
$5,616---1,85635%24 to 1
Glitz School of Cosmetology
Las Cruces, NM
Private, Less than 2 years
$21,100---16875%20 to 1
Urban Academy of Beauty
Rio Rancho, NM
Private, Less than 2 years
$12,000---17-14 to 1
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
Albuquerque, NM
Public, 2-4 years
$1,095---26913%7 to 1
New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell, NM
Public, 2-4 years
$14,042--58.0%42444%12 to 1
Mesalands Community College
Tucumcari, NM
Public, 2-4 years
$3,408---82452%12 to 1
Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque
Albuquerque, NM
Private, 2-4 years
$17,706---69045%18 to 1
Luna Community College
Las Vegas, NM
Public, 2-4 years
$3,050---77419%12 to 1
Average$13,926$16,7631,10469.6%2,37739%16 to 1