- The Inkwell
- New Mexico
- New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas, NMTown: remoteZIP 87701Founded 1893
- Sector
- Public
- Founded
- 1893
- Carnegie class
- Master's: larger programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.nmhu.edu
New MexicoPublic
New Mexico Highlands University
New Mexico Highlands University is a public university in Las Vegas, New Mexico, with 1,451 undergraduates. It graduates 30% within six years and costs $18,315 a year after aid.
30%graduate
Retention50%
4-year graduation21%
Pell Grant share48%
Federal loans62%
$18,315net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
30%graduate in 6 years
$48,104median earnings, 10 yrs
$11,745median debt
#1,338 of 1,704 for earnings#744 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,545 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $24,657tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $7,281
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $12,201
- Average net price
- $18,315national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$18,341
$30,001–48,000$16,136
$48,001–75,000$17,899
$75,001–110,000$18,790
$110,001+—
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college50%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college30%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college48%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 30%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 21%
- First-year retention
- 50%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 50%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $44,612
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $48,104middle 50%: $30,392–$68,153
- Median debt at graduation
- $11,745
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$68,153
Median, New Mexico Highlands University$48,104
Lower quarter$30,392
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,451
- Part-time
- 36%
- Women / men
- 62% / 38%
- Average age at entry
- 27.1
- First-generation students
- 45%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 48%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 78%
- Average faculty salary
- $5,823 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $11,748
- Endowment, end of year
- $13,151,236
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White17%
Hispanic61%
Black4.5%
Asian0.3%
Two or more races2.9%
U.S. nonresident3.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native7.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.4%
Unknown3.0%
13 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions29%
Education27%
Business & management18%
Psychology6.1%
Liberal arts & humanities4.0%
Visual & performing arts3.2%
Natural resources & conservation2.7%
Biological & biomedical sciences2.7%
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|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 187897. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7010189.