New Mexico Colleges having Highest Students to Faculty Ratio

University of New Mexico-Main Campus has the highest ratio of students per faculty. It means that a faculty may teach large number of students and the average class size may also large. Its students to faculty ratio was 17 to last year.

Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus and New Mexico State University-Main Campus also have higher ratio of students per faculty.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.

University of New Mexico-Main Campus has the lowest students to faculty ratio of 17 to 1. The lowest students to faculty ratio means that there are fewer students per class and/or one faculty needs to take care of a small number of students. Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus has the second highest ratio of 16 to 1.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $20,147 and graduate tuition & fees is $16,066 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 75.34% and the average SAT score is 993 at the schools.

Table. New Mexico Colleges With More Students Per Student Comparison
School NameStudents to Faculty RatioTotal PopulationFull-time FacultyPart-time FacultyUndergraduate Tuition & FeesGraduation Rate
1
2
University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NMPublic, 4-year 17 to 1
4 to 1
21,9531,935261$26,451
($8,115)
51.00%
2
1
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus Portales, NMPublic, 4-year 16 to 1
-
5,10616465$8,718
($6,738)
41.00%
2
-
New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces, NMPublic, 4-year 16 to 1
1 to 1
14,268637220$25,271
($8,147)
50.00%
Average16 to 113,776912182$20,147
($7,667)
47.33%