New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) is a four-year, public school located in Socorro, NM.

It offers 43 graduate programs - 20 Master's, 16 Doctorate, and 7 Post-bachelor's. The 2025 average graduate tuition & fees is $9,807 for in-state and $28,835 for out-of-state students.

A total of 556 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 1,622 students at New Mexico Tech. New Mexico Tech offers online graduate programs and 129 out of 556 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.


Graduate Program Overview

For the academic year 2024-2025, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $9,807 for New Mexico residents and $28,835 for out-of-state students. It offers forty-three (43) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameNew Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
TypeFour-year, Public
Address801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM
Graduate School Students486 students
129 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2024-2025)In-State$9,807
Out-of-State$28,835
Student to Faculty9:1 (11.11%)
Number of Graduate ProgramsTotal 43 Graduate Programs
20 Master's, 16 Doctorate, 7 Post graduate certificates

2025 Graduate Program Tuition at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

The following tables describe 2024-2025 graduate tuition & fees at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For New Mexico residents, the tuition & fees are $9,807 and $28,835 for non-New Mexico residents.

The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $458 for New Mexico residents and $1,515 for out-of-state students.

2025 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
In-StateOut-of-State
Tuition$8,245$27,273
Fees$1,562$1,562
Cost per Credit$458$1,515
Books & Supplies$800
Room & Board$10,350 (On-Campus) / $10,350 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses$5,728 (On-Campus) / $5,728 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total$26,685$45,713
Off-Campus Total$26,685$45,713

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 43 major areas - 20 Master's, 16 Doctorate, 7 Post-Bachelor's (2 online programs). 131 students have been conferred Master's degree and 21 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
Master'sDoctorate Post-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total131217-
Men68114-
Women63103-

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer Science9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Elementary Education and TeachingNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 2 NOT OFFER
Secondary Education and TeachingNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 3 NOT OFFER
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education23 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Chemical Engineering6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Civil Engineering4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Electrical and Electronics Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Materials Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mechanical Engineering NOT OFFER
Mining and Mineral Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Petroleum Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Engineering/Industrial Management3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
BiotechnologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Applied MathematicsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
GeobiologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Chemistry NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geology/Earth Science1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geochemistry2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geophysics and Seismology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Hydrology and Water Resources Science3 ONLINE NOT OFFER
Physics2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER

Graduate Student Population

New Mexico Tech graduate schools have a total of 486 postgraduate students. By gender, it has 279 male and 207 female postgrad students.

By attending status, there are 272 full-time and 214 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 129 students enrolled through online exclusively and 40 students are taking some online graduate courses.

By race/ethnicity 200 White, 15 Black, and 23 Asian students are attending at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

8 grad students are younger than 22 and 142 students are older than 65. It has 266 students aged between 22 and 30 and 140 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total486
Men279
Women207
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total486
Full-time Students272
Part-time Students214
Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total486
American Indian /
Native American
7
Asian23
Black15
Hispanic112
White200
Two or more races20
Un-Known2
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total486
21 & Under8
22-24110
25-29156
30-3484
35-3956
40 & Over142

Online Population

At New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology graduate schools, 129 students enrolled online exclusively and 40 students enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment556
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses129
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses40
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses387
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses129
New Mexico Resident104
Other State In U.S.25
Outside of U.S.0