The average acceptance rate of the 5 New Mexico colleges that have competitive admission is 74.69% for the academic year 2024-2025. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 8.79%. The acceptance rate at 3 New Mexico colleges increased and the rate of 2 colleges decreased.
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 44.49%. St. John's College (53.15%) and New Mexico State University-Main Campus (88.97%) are following it in the list of Tightest New Mexico 4-Years Colleges to Get In.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology ranked 1st, up 1 place from 2nd last year. St. John's College ranked second, a drop from first place last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $23,517 and graduate tuition & fees is $20,820 for the academic year 2024-2025.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 1 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro, NMPublic, 4-year | 44.49% 9.47% | 27.07% | 1,205 | $27,247 ($9,476) | 1,622 | 57.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 2 1 | St. John's College Santa Fe, NMPrivate, 4-year | 53.15% 3.69% | 36.97% | 1,420 | $40,514 | 467 | 55.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 3 1 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces, NMPublic, 4-year | 88.97% 13.24% | 20.64% | 1,000 | $25,307 ($8,183) | 15,408 | 55.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 4 1 | Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus Portales, NMPublic, 4-year | 91.66% 36.74% | 36.96% | 940 | $9,054 ($7,074) | 5,725 | 45.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 5 - | University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NMPublic, 4-year | 95.18% 0.27% | 31.19% | 1,020 | $33,060 ($10,140) | 23,124 | 55.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 6 - | Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Santa Fe, NMPublic, 4-year | 97.47% 2.53% | 71.43% | - | $5,920 ($5,920) | 947 | 15.00% | 9 to 1 |
| Average | 78.49% | 37.38% | 1,117 | $23,517 ($8,159) | 7,882 | 47.00% | 13 to 1 |