Acceptance Rate and Admission Trends for New Mexico Colleges

There are 15 active four-years colleges and universities in New Mexico - 9 public and 6 private schools. The 2024 average acceptance rate of the 4-year colleges in New Mexico is 71.50% - 25,872 students accepted out of total 31,851.

Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes lower from 76.65% to 71.50%. The New Mexico Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 38.96% and the yield is lower than 53.28%, rate of 10 years ago.

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Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 70.00% where the current academic year rate is 71.50% at New Mexico Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 69.83% and women students' rate is 69.61%. The next table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at New Mexico Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

Year	Total	Men	Women
Year	2013-14	76.65%	76.32%	74.29%
2014-15	70.85% -5.80%	70.98% -4.27%	70.02% -4.27%
2015-16	68.45% -2.40%	68.23% -1.80%	68.22% -1.80%
2016-17	65.63% -2.81%	66.34% -3.81%	64.41% -3.81%
2017-18	58.77% -6.86%	58.88% -6.10%	58.31% -6.10%
2018-19	61.52% 2.75%	61.75% 2.50%	60.81% 2.50%
2019-20	71.23% 9.72%	71.87% 9.44%	70.25% 9.44%
2020-21	79.18% 7.95%	78.09% 9.79%	80.04% 9.79%
2021-22	74.49% -4.69%	74.50% -5.71%	74.33% -5.71%
2022-23	71.70% -2.79%	70.63% -1.95%	72.38% -1.95%
2023-24	71.50% -0.20%	70.51% 0.28%	72.66% 0.28%
Average	70.00%	69.83%	69.61%

New Mexico Colleges Acceptance Rate Changes Chart

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 45.28% where the current academic year yield is 38.96%. 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 2013 to 2024.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	53.28%	55.43%	57.14%
2014-15	52.23% -1.06%	53.98% -5.73%	51.41% -5.73%
2015-16	51.75% -0.47%	54.90% -2.72%	48.69% -2.72%
2016-17	44.44% -7.31%	46.30% -5.21%	43.48% -5.21%
2017-18	50.73% 6.29%	52.56% 5.63%	49.12% 5.63%
2018-19	45.05% -5.69%	49.78% -8.83%	40.29% -8.83%
2019-20	37.74% -7.31%	41.34% -6.10%	34.19% -6.10%
2020-21	30.17% -7.57%	35.30% -7.86%	26.33% -7.86%
2021-22	46.30% 16.12%	49.98% 16.28%	42.61% 16.28%
2022-23	47.46% 1.16%	51.42% 1.21%	43.82% 1.21%
2023-24	38.96% -8.49%	42.97% -8.05%	35.77% -8.05%
Average	45.28%	48.54%	42.99%

New Mexico Colleges Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes Chart

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

The average number of applicants is 26,779, the average number of admitted is 18,484, and the average number of enrolled students is 6,332 over the last 10 years. The number of applicants to New Mexico Colleges decreased by -0.36% (116 applicants) compared to last year. The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at New Mexico Colleges from 2013 to 2024.

Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	20,828	14,471	6,645
2014-15	23,809 2,981	13,282 -344	6,301 -344
2015-16	25,573 1,764	15,016 333	6,634 333
2016-17	28,711 3,138	16,523 -18	6,616 -18
2017-18	24,700 -4,011	15,396 -226	6,390 -226
2018-19	25,416 716	16,240 -390	6,000 -390
2019-20	25,961 545	18,361 -183	5,817 -183
2020-21	28,871 2,910	21,971 -29	5,788 -29
2021-22	26,884 -1,987	19,963 122	5,910 122
2022-23	31,967 5,083	26,227 813	6,723 813
2023-24	31,851 -116	25,872 109	6,832 109
Average	26,779	18,484	6,332

New Mexico Colleges Applicants Trends Chart

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4-Year Colleges

Brookline College-Albuquerque Private, four-years | Albuquerque
Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque Private, 2-4 years | Albuquerque
University of New Mexico-Main Campus Public, four-years | Albuquerque
New Mexico State University-Main Campus Public, four-years | Las Cruces
New Mexico State University-Dona Ana Public, 2-4 years | Las Cruces
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Public, four-years | Santa Fe
New Mexico Highlands University Public, four-years | Las Vegas
Central New Mexico Community College Public, 2-4 years | Albuquerque
St. John's College Private, four-years | Santa Fe
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus Public, four-years | Portales

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Graduate

Western New Mexico University Public, four-years | Silver City
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus Public, four-years | Portales
New Mexico State University-Main Campus Public, four-years | Las Cruces
Navajo Technical University Public, four-years | Crownpoint
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Public, four-years | Santa Fe
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Public, four-years | Socorro
Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine Private, four-years | Las Cruces
Santa Fe University of Art and Design Private, four-years | Santa Fe
Southwestern College Private, four-years | Santa Fe
University of New Mexico-Taos Campus Public, 2-4 years | Ranchos de Taos

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Online Schools

New Mexico Junior College Public, 2-4 years | Hobbs
Central New Mexico Community College Public, 2-4 years | Albuquerque
Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell Campus Public, 2-4 years | Roswell
Clovis Community College Public, 2-4 years | Clovis
New Mexico State University-Dona Ana Public, 2-4 years | Las Cruces
Santa Fe Community College Public, 2-4 years | Santa Fe
Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso Branch Community College Public, 2-4 years | Ruidoso
University of New Mexico-Main Campus Public, four-years | Albuquerque
New Mexico State University-Main Campus Public, four-years | Las Cruces
Santa Fe University of Art and Design Private, four-years | Santa Fe

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Carrington College-Albuquerque Private, 2-4 years | Albuquerque
Brookline College-Albuquerque Private, four-years | Albuquerque
Central New Mexico Community College Public, 2-4 years | Albuquerque
Aveda Institute-New Mexico Private, Less than 2-years | Albuquerque
Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso Branch Community College Public, 2-4 years | Ruidoso
University of New Mexico-Taos Campus Public, 2-4 years | Ranchos de Taos
Vogue College of Cosmetology-Santa Fe Private, Less than 2-years | Santa Fe
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Public, four-years | Santa Fe
University of New Mexico-Gallup Campus Public, 2-4 years | Gallup
Paul Mitchell the School-Albuquerque Private, Less than 2-years | Albuquerque

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