Colleges in New Mexico

New Mexico has 6 private and 9 public 4-year colleges that enroll 5,905 first-year students yearly. The average tuition of public colleges is $19,777 for in-state students and $27,781 for out-of-state and international students.

Private colleges in New Mexico charge around $39,749 per year in tuition regardless of residency.

In the 2021-2022 academic year, New Mexico provided $11 million in financial aid to 3,654 students who enrolled in 4-year colleges for the first time as undergraduates. In addition, the colleges themselves awarded $28.5 million in grants and scholarships to 5,043 students.

New Mexico receives less than 1% of the total pell grant the federal government allocates. In the 2021-2022 academic year, 2,983 4-year college first-year undergraduates were awarded a total amount of $15.2 million in pell grant ($5,032 per student on average), and 2,751 students received a total amount of $13.9 million in the form of student loans from the federal government ($6,047 per student on average).

4-year Colleges in New Mexico

	Net price	Acceptance Rate	Graduation Rate
St. John's College Santa Fe NM	$25,628	63%	72%
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro NM	$12,471	97%	55%
University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque NM	$11,396	97%	54%
New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces NM	$11,397	57%	50%
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus Portales NM	$7,002	32%	40%
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Santa Fe NM	$15,614	100%	24%
University of the Southwest Hobbs NM	$19,139	open admission	9%
ITT Technical Institute-Albuquerque Albuquerque NM	N/A	72%	N/A
Santa Fe University of Art and Design Santa Fe NM	N/A	98%	N/A
Brookline College-Albuquerque Albuquerque NM	$35,213	open admission	52%

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Community Colleges and Career Colleges in New Mexico

	Net price	Acceptance Rate	Graduation Rate
Carrington College-Albuquerque Albuquerque NM	$36,783	open admission	57%
New Mexico Military Institute Roswell NM	$6,628	41%	39%
Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque Albuquerque NM	$20,550	open admission	66%
Mesalands Community College Tucumcari NM	$6,228	open admission	45%
Clovis Community College Clovis NM	$5,221	open admission	38%
Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell Campus Roswell NM	$5,463	open admission	38%
New Mexico State University-Grants Grants NM	$5,808	open admission	37%
New Mexico Junior College Hobbs NM	$5,837	open admission	30%
University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Campus Los Alamos NM	$10,855	open admission	27%
San Juan College Farmington NM	$6,214	open admission	25%

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Trade/Technical Schools in New Mexico

	Net price	Graduation Rate
Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Rio Rancho Rio Rancho NM	$9,045	67%
Olympian Academy of Cosmetology Alamogordo NM	$19,726	38%
Avenue Academy, A Cosmetology Institute Albuquerque NM	$14,391	33%
Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Albuquerque Albuquerque NM	$15,064	14%
Aveda Institute-New Mexico Albuquerque NM	$17,168	5%
Glitz School of Cosmetology Las Cruces NM	$9,805	4%
De Wolff College Hair Styling and Cosmetology Albuquerque NM	N/A	N/A
Vogue College of Cosmetology-Santa Fe Santa Fe NM	$13,319	N/A
Universal Therapeutic Massage Institute Albuquerque NM	N/A	N/A
Massage Therapy Training Institute Las Cruces NM	N/A	N/A

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