Student Population at New Mexico Highlands University

New Mexico Highlands University has a total of 2,677 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 1,625 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,052 students joined graduate programs.

By race/ethnicity, 551 White, 119 Black, and 17 Asian students out of a total of 2,677 are attending at New Mexico Highlands University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

By age, New Mexico Highlands has 60 students under 18 years old and 51 students over 65 years old. There are 1,024 students under 25 years old, and 1,648 students over 25 years old out of 2,677 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 60 students are younger than 18 and 27 students are older than 65. New Mexico Highlands has 889 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 731 students aged 25 and over.

It has 135 graduate students aged under 25 and 917 students aged 25 and over.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At New Mexico Highlands University, 1,124 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,000 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,025 students lived in New Mexico or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 99 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Among 1,625 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 293 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 18.03%.180 students have transferred in as full-time status and 113 students transferred in as part-time status.