New Mexico Public Colleges with the Lowest Acceptance Rate

The average acceptance rate of the 4 public New Mexico colleges that have competitive admission is 80.08% for the academic year 2024-2025. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 10.06%. The acceptance rate at 2 public New Mexico colleges increased and the rate of 2 colleges decreased.

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 44.49%. New Mexico State University-Main Campus (88.97%) and Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus (91.66%) are following it in the list of Tightest New Mexico Public Colleges to Get In.

This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. New Mexico State University-Main Campus ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $23,667 and graduate tuition & fees is $21,124 for the academic year 2024-2025.

We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.

Comparison between Tightest New Mexico Public Colleges To Get In

Table. Tightest New Mexico Public Colleges To Get In Comparison
School NameAcceptance RateYieldSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
-		New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro, NMPublic, 4-year 44.49%
9.47%		27.07%1,205$27,247
($9,476)		1,62257.00%9 to 1
2
1		New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces, NMPublic, 4-year 88.97%
13.24%		20.64%1,000$25,307
($8,183)		15,40855.00%16 to 1
3
1		Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus Portales, NMPublic, 4-year 91.66%
36.74%		36.96%940$9,054
($7,074)		5,72545.00%18 to 1
4
-		University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NMPublic, 4-year 95.18%
0.27%		31.19%1,020$33,060
($10,140)		23,12455.00%15 to 1
Average80.08%28.97%1,041$23,667
($8,718)		11,47053.00%15 to 1