There are 42 colleges in New Mexico - 28 public and 14 private schools. The 2024 average undergraduate tuition of the New Mexico colleges is $6,722 for state residents and $23,361 for out-of-state students.

23 New Mexico cities have at least one college and, of them, Albuquerque has the most of 10 colleges. It has 2 four-year colleges and 4 community colleges with a total of 43,359 students. Santa Fe and LAS CRUCES also has a number of colleges of 5 and 4 colleges respectively.

The following table shows the New Mexico colleges by city. The 2024 tuition & fees based on 4-year colleges' cost. You can view the list of colleges and average statistics for each city by following the link on the city name. Furthermore, you can sort the table by each column by touching/clicking the colum title.

42 New Mexico Colleges by City
CityNumber of SchoolsUnder-graduate TuitionGraduate TuitionPopulationStudents to Faculty
Total4-yearCommunity CollegesTrade SchoolsTotalUnder.Graduate
Albuquerque 10244 $57,649
($8,115)		 $21,550
($7,395)		 43,359 37,781 5,578 18 to 1
Santa Fe 5311 $22,374
($5,801)		 $20,387
($12,745)		 4,834 4,498 336 9 to 1
LAS CRUCES 4112 $25,271
($8,147)		 $19,421
($6,579)		 21,786 19,109 2,677 19 to 1
Las Vegas 211- $12,180
($7,260)		 $12,636
($7,860)		 3,451 2,399 1,052 11 to 1
Hobbs 211- $16,670 $23,364 3,294 2,597 697 18 to 1
Roswell 2-2- - - 2,280 2,280 - 18 to 1
Gallup 1-1- - - 2,113 2,113 - 36 to 1
Los Alamos 1-1- - - 1,009 1,009 - 23 to 1
Carlsbad 1-1- - - 1,673 1,673 - 13 to 1
Los Lunas 1-1- - - 1,953 1,953 - 19 to 1
Farmington 1-1- - - 5,454 5,454 - 12 to 1
Crownpoint 11-- $2,450
($2,450)		 $6,268
($6,268)		 1,354 1,330 24 8 to 1
Tucumcari 1-1- - - 824 824 - 12 to 1
Portales 11-- $8,718
($6,738)		 $7,226
($5,454)		 5,106 3,833 1,273 16 to 1
Ruidoso 1-1- - - 691 691 - 12 to 1
Socorro 11-- $26,312
($9,058)		 $27,852
($9,378)		 1,689 1,218 471 9 to 1
Alamogordo 1-1- - - 1,032 1,032 - 11 to 1
Grants 1-1- - - 825 825 - 17 to 1
Espanola 11-- $14,328
($5,064)		 $10,746
($3,798)		 1,154 1,154 - 12 to 1
Ranchos de Taos 1-1- - - 1,222 1,222 - 36 to 1
Clovis 1-1- - - 2,303 2,303 - 17 to 1
Silver City 11-- $14,354
($7,868)		 $10,946
($6,174)		 3,378 2,377 1,001 11 to 1
Rio Rancho 1--1 - - 17 17 - 14 to 1