Enrollment Trends at New Mexico Highlands

The student population at New Mexico Highlands University is 2,677 (1,625 undergraduate and 1,052 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,052 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at New Mexico Highlands is 60.70% which is decreased by 782 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 270 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.20 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

1,124 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 88.27% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 3,164 where 2,677 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

60.70% of total students is undergraduate students and 39.30% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 782 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 270 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.20 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in New Mexico Highlands than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at New Mexico Highlands University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,729	2,407	975	1,432	1,322	423	899
2013-14	3,690 -39	2,396 -11	966 -9	1,430 -2	1,294 -28	408 -15	886 -13
2014-15	3,546 -144	2,275 -121	899 -67	1,376 -54	1,271 -23	379 -29	892 6
2015-16	3,499 -47	2,233 -42	858 -41	1,375 -1	1,266 -5	380 1	886 -6
2016-17	3,322 -177	2,125 -108	799 -59	1,326 -49	1,197 -69	358 -22	839 -47
2017-18	3,098 -224	1,935 -190	715 -84	1,220 -106	1,163 -34	356 -2	807 -32
2018-19	3,037 -61	1,868 -67	694 -21	1,174 -46	1,169 6	339 -17	830 23
2019-20	2,787 -250	1,750 -118	645 -49	1,105 -69	1,037 -132	292 -47	745 -85
2020-21	2,777 -10	1,699 -51	618 -27	1,081 -24	1,078 41	288 -4	790 45
2021-22	2,645 -132	1,544 -155	543 -75	1,001 -80	1,101 23	278 -10	823 33
2022-23	2,677 32	1,625 81	578 35	1,047 46	1,052 -49	259 -19	793 -30
Average	3,164	1,987	754	1,233	1,177	342	835

New Mexico Highlands University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 1,987 where 1,625 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at New Mexico Highlands University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,407	1,715	798	917	692	177	515
2013-14	2,396	1,646	753	893	750	213	537
2014-15	2,275	1,510	699	811	765	200	565
2015-16	2,233	1,474	657	817	759	201	558
2016-17	2,125	1,464	645	819	661	154	507
2017-18	1,935	1,315	567	748	620	148	472
2018-19	1,868	1,238	536	702	630	158	472
2019-20	1,750	1,183	509	674	567	136	431
2020-21	1,699	1,134	471	663	565	147	418
2021-22	1,544	975	401	574	569	142	427
2022-23	1,625	987	413	574	638	165	473
Average	1,987	1,987	586	745	1,987	167	489

New Mexico Highlands University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,177 where 1,052 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at New Mexico Highlands University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,322	570	199	371	752	224	528
2013-14	1,294	578	174	404	716	234	482
2014-15	1,271	591	166	425	680	213	467
2015-16	1,266	596	172	424	670	208	462
2016-17	1,197	618	192	426	579	166	413
2017-18	1,163	610	192	418	553	164	389
2018-19	1,169	636	179	457	533	160	373
2019-20	1,037	578	141	437	459	151	308
2020-21	1,078	606	152	454	472	136	336
2021-22	1,101	628	148	480	473	130	343
2022-23	1,052	610	152	458	442	107	335
Average	1,177	1,177	170	432	1,177	172	403

New Mexico Highlands University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 20.58% and the percentage of black students is 4.45% at New Mexico Highlands University. 0.64% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at New Mexico Highlands University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	229	17	195	1,953	17	822	58
2013-14	239	26	195	1,911	14	844	60
2014-15	233	29	163	1,891	18	843	43
2015-16	256	30	158	1,834	14	851	50
2016-17	259	32	141	1,779	17	771	56
2017-18	262	36	143	1,667	12	702	54
2018-19	262	29	135	1,642	12	700	55
2019-20	253	20	133	1,498	5	632	56
2020-21	258	15	134	1,489	9	626	73
2021-22	279	24	136	1,387	10	593	74
2022-23	269	17	119	1,445	6	551	73
Average	254	25	150	1,681	12	721	59

New Mexico Highlands University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,124 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 42% of total students. The number of online students has increased 88.27% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at New Mexico Highlands University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,546	597	702	2,247
2015-16	3,499	746	603	2,150
2016-17	3,322	768	660	1,894
2017-18	3,098	876	520	1,702
2018-19	3,037	1,014	609	1,414
2019-20	2,787	820	826	1,141
2020-21	2,777	2,275	473	29
2021-22	2,645	1,449	861	335
2022-23	2,677	1,124	1,000	553
Average	3,043	1,074	695	1,274

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