For New Mexico 4-Year Colleges, the 2025 average undergraduate tuition & fees is $7,274 for New Mexico residents and $18,298 for out-of-state students.
For graduate programs, the average tuition & fees is $8,048 for New Mexico residents and $16,937 for out-of-state students.
Brookline College-Albuquerque has the highest undergraduate tuition & fees of $99,446 and Navajo Technical University has the lowest tuition & fees of $2,498 among New Mexico 4-Year Colleges. For graduate programs, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology has the highest graduate tuition & fees of $28,835 and Navajo Technical University has the lowest graduate tuition & fees of $6,520 among New Mexico 4-Year Colleges.
You can narrow New Mexico colleges down into public schools and private schools to check tuition and other college costs in deep.
The average COA of New Mexico 4-Year Colleges in 2025 is $24,052 for state residents and $35,076 for out-of-state students including tuition, fees, books, supplies, room & board (on-campus), and other living expenses.
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In-State | Out-of-State | In-State | Out-of-State | |
| Tuition & Fees | $7,274 | $18,298 | $8,048 | $16,937 |
| Books & Supplies | $1,345 | $1,345 | ||
| Room & Board | $11,086 | $11,086 | ||
| Other Expenses | $4,347 | $4,347 | ||
| COA | $24,052 | $35,076 | $24,826 | $33,715 |
The 2025 average undergraduate tuition & fees of New Mexico 4-Year Colleges is $7,274 for state residents and $18,298 for out-of-state students.
The following table describes the changes of average tuition & fees for New Mexico 4-Year Colleges over last 5 years as well as recent year average tuition & fees.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition | Fees | Tuition | Fees | |
| 2020-2021 | $4,883 | $1,476 | $15,070 | $1,295 |
| 2021-2022 | $4,942 | $1,495 | $15,229 | $1,305 |
| 2022-2023 | $5,138 | $1,625 | $15,883 | $1,296 |
| 2023-2024 | $5,197 | $1,716 | $16,041 | $1,366 |
| 2024-2025 | $5,434 | $1,840 | $16,836 | $1,462 |
The average graduate program tuition & fees of New Mexico 4-Year Colleges in 2025 is $8,048 for state residents and $16,937 for out-of-state students.
The following table describes the changes of average graduate tuition & fees for New Mexico 4-Year Colleges over last 5 years.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition | Fees | Tuition | Fees | |
| 2020-2021 | $5,484 | $1,256 | $14,688 | $1,172 |
| 2021-2022 | $5,530 | $1,235 | $14,443 | $1,126 |
| 2022-2023 | $5,989 | $1,250 | $15,208 | $1,128 |
| 2023-2024 | $6,127 | $1,502 | $15,725 | $1,385 |
| 2024-2025 | $6,442 | $1,606 | $15,466 | $1,471 |
The undergraduate average cost per credit hour of New Mexico 4-Year Colleges in 2025 is $345 for state residents and $615 for out-of-state students.
The graduate average cost per credit hour is $453 for state residents and $731 for out-of-state students.
The following table describes the changes of tuition per credit hour over last 5 years.
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In-State | Out-of-State | In-State | Out-of-State | |
| 2020-2021 | $314 | $562 | $409 | $639 |
| 2021-2022 | $316 | $568 | $410 | $645 |
| 2022-2023 | $336 | $604 | $427 | $701 |
| 2023-2024 | $338 | $607 | $446 | $721 |
| 2024-2025 | $345 | $615 | $453 | $731 |
The average living costs of New Mexico 4-Year Colleges in 2025 is $15,433 when a student lives on campus such as dormitory and school's apartment and $16,301 living off campus including room, board, and other living expenses.
The following table describes the changes of average living costs over last 5 years for New Mexico 4-Year Colleges.
| On-Campus | Off-Campus | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Room&Board | Other Expenses | Room&Board | Other Expenses | |
| 2020-2021 | $9,678 | $3,647 | $10,059 | $3,841 |
| 2021-2022 | $9,825 | $3,645 | $10,121 | $3,711 |
| 2022-2023 | $10,247 | $3,894 | $10,414 | $4,148 |
| 2023-2024 | $10,661 | $4,067 | $11,318 | $4,306 |
| 2024-2025 | $11,086 | $4,347 | $11,741 | $4,560 |