For New Mexico colleges, the 2025 average undergraduate tuition & fees is $4,127 for New Mexico residents and $10,472 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 Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute has the lowest tuition & fees of $1,095 among New Mexico 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 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 colleges in 2025 is $19,486 for state residents and $25,831 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 | $4,127 | $10,472 | $8,048 | $16,937 |
| Books & Supplies | $1,315 | $1,315 | ||
| Room & Board | $9,648 | $9,648 | ||
| Other Expenses | $4,396 | $4,396 | ||
| COA | $19,486 | $25,831 | $23,408 | $32,297 |
The 2025 average undergraduate tuition & fees of New Mexico colleges is $4,127 for state residents and $10,472 for out-of-state students.
The following table describes the changes of average tuition & fees for New Mexico colleges over last 5 years as well as recent year average tuition & fees.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition | Fees | Tuition | Fees | |
| 2020-2021 | $2,816 | $872 | $8,600 | $851 |
| 2021-2022 | $2,840 | $887 | $8,706 | $863 |
| 2022-2023 | $2,952 | $918 | $9,041 | $879 |
| 2023-2024 | $2,964 | $1,000 | $9,088 | $952 |
| 2024-2025 | $3,070 | $1,057 | $9,468 | $1,004 |
The average graduate program tuition & fees of New Mexico 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 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 colleges in 2025 is $185 for state residents and $360 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 | $170 | $331 | $409 | $639 |
| 2021-2022 | $171 | $334 | $410 | $645 |
| 2022-2023 | $180 | $352 | $427 | $701 |
| 2023-2024 | $181 | $354 | $446 | $721 |
| 2024-2025 | $185 | $360 | $453 | $731 |
The average living costs of New Mexico colleges in 2025 is $14,045 when a student lives on campus such as dormitory and school's apartment and $17,265 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 colleges.
| On-Campus | Off-Campus | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Room&Board | Other Expenses | Room&Board | Other Expenses | |
| 2020-2021 | $8,161 | $4,003 | $9,525 | $4,128 |
| 2021-2022 | $8,277 | $4,072 | $9,595 | $4,125 |
| 2022-2023 | $9,493 | $4,192 | $10,148 | $4,269 |
| 2023-2024 | $9,335 | $4,166 | $10,985 | $4,508 |
| 2024-2025 | $9,648 | $4,396 | $11,939 | $5,326 |