82.04% of Applicants Accepted to New Mexico Colleges in 2022-2023 Admission

The 2023 average acceptance rate of New Mexico colleges is 82.04% and the admission yield is 25.63%. A total of 31,967 applicants have applied to New Mexicocolleges (four-years) and 26,227 have accepted to admit into one or more schools. Finally, 6,723 students out of the accepted students have enrolled into one of the accepted colleges.

For New Mexico college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 5,083 (18.91%) compared to last year, from 26,884 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 818, which is more than 13.85% last year.

New Mexico colleges' acceptance rate increased by 7.60% compared to last year, which means easier to get into New Mexico colleges. The yield decreased by 3.87%.

Among New Mexico colleges, Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus has the lowest acceptance rate of 27.55% with 472 accepted students out of 1,713 applicants. New Mexico State University-Main Campus has the most number of applicants of 15,860 and University of New Mexico-Main Campus has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 3,509.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for New Mexico Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in New Mexico. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.

Last Update: December 24, 2023 | Data source: IPEDS

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for New Mexico Colleges
School	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Yield
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus	1,713 233	472 -9	436 87	27.55% -4.95%	92.37% 19.81%
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development	82 21	82 21	61 15	100.00%	74.39% -1.02%
New Mexico Military Institute	412 -143	231 5	181 -8	56.07% 15.35%	78.35% -5.28%
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	1,220 214	908 -65	301	74.43% -22.29%	33.15% 2.21%
University of New Mexico-Main Campus	12,639 1,293	12,142 1,106	3,509 432	96.07% -1.20%	28.90% 1.02%
New Mexico State University-Main Campus	15,860 3,325	12,378 5,201	2,325 312	78.05% 20.79%	18.78% -9.27%
St. John's College	453 -3	245 -41	91 -28	54.08% -8.64%	37.14% -4.47%

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