Student Population at New Mexico Highlands University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
2,677	1,625	1,052

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 2,677 students have enrolled in New Mexico Highlands University with 1,625 undergraduate and 1,052 graduate students.

By gender, 837 male and 1,840 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (9,858 students in average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

1,124 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,000 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

New Mexico Highlands University has a total of 2,677 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 1,625 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,052 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 837 male and 1,840 female students (the male-female ratio is 31:69) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	2,677	1,625	1,052
Men	837	578	259
Women	1,840	1,047	793

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 551 White, 119 Black, and 17 Asian students out of a total of 2,677 are attending at New Mexico Highlands University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	269	50	219
Asian	17	2	15
Black	119	85	34
Hispanic	1,445	434	1,011
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	6	3	3
White	551	168	383
Two or more races	73	25	48
Race Unknown	62	23	39

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	153	24	129
Asian	9	1	8
Black	96	75	21
Hispanic	972	337	635
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	2	0
White	256	89	167
Two or more races	42	19	23
Race Unknown	27	11	16

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	116	26	90
Asian	8	1	7
Black	23	10	13
Hispanic	473	97	376
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	4	1	3
White	295	79	216
Two or more races	31	6	25
Race Unknown	35	12	23

Student Age Distribution

By age, New Mexico Highlands has 60 students under 18 years old and 51 students over 65 years old. There are 1,024 students under 25 years old, and 1,648 students over 25 years old out of 2,677 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 60 students are younger than 18 and 27 students are older than 65. New Mexico Highlands has 889 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 731 students aged 25 and over.

It has 135 graduate students aged under 25 and 917 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	60	39	21
18-19	324	176	148
20-21	267	152	115
22-24	373	210	163
25-29	386	268	118
30-34	339	260	79
35-39	278	229	49
40-49	404	329	75
50-64	190	147	43
Over 65	51	27	24

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	60	39	21
18-19	323	175	148
20-21	258	143	115
22-24	248	122	126
25-29	164	106	58
30-34	143	111	32
35-39	137	113	24
40-49	184	154	30
50-64	76	64	12
Over 65	27	17	10

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At New Mexico Highlands University, 1,124 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,000 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,025 students lived in New Mexico or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 99 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	2,677	1,124	1,000
Undergraduate	1,625	529	680
Graduate	1,052	595	320

Online Student Population by Locality
	New Mexico Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	1,025	98	1
Undergraduate	483	46	0
Graduate	542	52	1

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 1,625 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 293 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 18.03%.180 students have transferred in as full-time status and 113 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	807
Transfer-in Full-time	180
Regular Part-time	525
Transfer-in Part-time	113

Student Population at New Mexico Highlands University

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