New Mexico Colleges Acceptance Rate Trends (2015-2025)
- Overall Trend: The average acceptance rate has increased over the last decade, rising from 70.85% to 78.49%.
- Current Admission (2025): The average acceptance rate is 78.49%, with 25,886 students accepted out of 29,111 total applicants.
- Gender Split (2024-2025):
- Men's acceptance rate: 77.37%
- Women's acceptance rate: 80.78%
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
- Overall Trend: The admission yield (the percentage of admitted students who actually enroll) has consistently decreased.
- 10-Year Change: The yield dropped from 52.23% to 37.37%.
- Gender Split (2024-2025):
- Men's yield: 37.37%
- Women's yield: 36.15%
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
- Applicants: The number of applicants has shown a strong upward trend, increasing to 29,111 in 2025. This represents a -8.60% decrease from the previous year.
- Admitted Students: The number of admitted students decreased to 25,886.
- Enrolled Students: The number of enrolled students reached 6,950 in 2024-2025.
Note: The acceptance rate is calculated as the number of admitted students divided by the number of applicants. The admission yield (enrollment rate) is calculated as the number of enrolled students divided by the number of admitted students.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 70.17% where the current academic year rate is 78.49% at New Mexico Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 69.93% and women students' rate is 70.19%.
Last year, it was easier to get into New Mexico Colleges than the previous year.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at New Mexico Colleges over the past 11 years (2014-2025).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
70.85% |
70.98% |
70.02% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
68.45%
-2.40% |
68.23%
-2.74% |
68.22%
-1.80% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
65.63%
-2.81% |
66.34%
-1.90% |
64.41%
-3.81% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
58.77%
-6.86% |
58.88%
-7.45% |
58.31%
-6.10% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
61.52%
2.75% |
61.75%
2.87% |
60.81%
2.50% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
71.23%
9.72% |
71.87%
10.12% |
70.25%
9.44% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
79.18%
7.95% |
78.09%
6.21% |
80.04%
9.79% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
74.49%
-4.69% |
74.50%
-3.58% |
74.33%
-5.71% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
71.70%
-2.79% |
70.63%
-3.88% |
72.38%
-1.95% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
71.59%
-0.11% |
70.54%
-0.09% |
72.55%
0.17% |
|---|
| 2024-25 |
78.49%
6.90% |
77.37%
6.83% |
80.78%
8.23% |
|---|
| Average |
70.17% |
69.93% |
70.19% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 43.84% where the current academic year yield is 37.37%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate is the percentage of admitted students who finally enrolled. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at New Mexico Colleges from 2014 to 2025.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
52.23% |
53.98% |
51.41% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
51.75%
-0.47% |
54.90%
0.92% |
48.69%
-2.72% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
44.44%
-7.31% |
46.30%
-8.59% |
43.48%
-5.21% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
50.73%
6.29% |
52.56%
6.25% |
49.12%
5.63% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
45.05%
-5.69% |
49.78%
-2.77% |
40.29%
-8.83% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
37.74%
-7.31% |
41.34%
-8.44% |
34.19%
-6.10% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
30.17%
-7.57% |
35.30%
-6.04% |
26.33%
-7.86% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
46.30%
16.12% |
49.98%
14.67% |
42.61%
16.28% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
47.46%
1.16% |
51.42%
1.44% |
43.82%
1.21% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
39.04%
-8.41% |
42.97%
-8.45% |
35.82%
-7.99% |
|---|
| 2024-25 |
37.37%
-1.67% |
39.05%
-3.92% |
36.15%
0.32% |
|---|
| Average |
43.84% |
47.05% |
41.08% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 27,532, the average number of admitted is 19,523, and the average number of enrolled students is 6,362 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to New Mexico Colleges decreased by -8.60% (2,740 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at New Mexico Colleges from 2014 to 2025.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
23,809 |
13,282 |
6,301 |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
25,573
7.41% |
15,016
13.06% |
6,634
5.28% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
28,711
12.27% |
16,523
10.04% |
6,616
-0.27% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
24,700
-13.97% |
15,396
-6.82% |
6,390
-3.42% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
25,416
2.90% |
16,240
5.48% |
6,000
-6.10% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
25,961
2.14% |
18,361
13.06% |
5,817
-3.05% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
28,871
11.21% |
21,971
19.66% |
5,788
-0.50% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
26,884
-6.88% |
19,963
-9.14% |
5,910
2.11% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
31,967
18.91% |
26,227
31.38% |
6,723
13.76% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
31,851
-0.36% |
25,888
-1.29% |
6,852
1.92% |
|---|
| 2024-25 |
29,111
-8.60% |
25,886
-0.01% |
6,950
1.43% |
|---|
| Average |
27,532 |
19,523 |
6,362 |
|---|