Student Population at Western New Mexico

By race/ethnicity, 997 White, 125 Black, and 24 Asian students out of a total of 3,531 are attending at Western New Mexico University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Western New Mexico University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 65.8% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

By age, Western New Mexico has 559 students under 18 years old and 62 students over 65 years old. There are 1,695 students under 25 years old, and 1,835 students over 25 years old out of 3,531 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 559 students are younger than 18 and 26 students are older than 65. Western New Mexico has 1,611 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,017 students aged 25 and over.

It has 84 graduate students aged under 25 and 818 students aged 25 and over.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Western New Mexico University, 2,131 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 786 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,688 students who live in New Mexico or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 443 students live in another State or outside of the United States.