New Mexico Colleges with the Lowest Acceptance Rate

The average acceptance rate of the 5 New Mexico colleges that have competitive admission is 65.80% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 0.24%. The acceptance rate at 1 New Mexico colleges increased and the rate of 4 colleges decreased.

St. John's College has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 49.03%. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (53.96%) and Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus (55.01%) are following it in the list of Tightest New Mexico Colleges to get in.

This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

St. John's College ranked 1st, up 1 place from 2nd last year. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $25,140 and graduate tuition & fees is $20,646 for the academic year 2023-2024.

We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.
Table. Tightest New Mexico Colleges To Get In Comparison
School NameAcceptance RateYieldSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
1
St. John's College Santa Fe, NMPrivate, 4-year 49.03%
5.05%
33.92%1,360$38,94643971.00%8 to 1
2
1
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro, NMPublic, 4-year 53.96%
20.47%
37.00%1,180$26,312
($9,058)
1,68955.00%9 to 1
3
2
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus Portales, NMPublic, 4-year 55.01%
27.46%
42.98%960$8,718
($6,738)
5,10641.00%16 to 1
4
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New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces, NMPublic, 4-year 76.00%
2.05%
21.00%990$25,271
($8,147)
14,26850.00%16 to 1
5
-
University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NMPublic, 4-year 95.00%
1.07%
29.00%1,030$26,451
($8,115)
21,95351.00%17 to 1
Average65.80%32.78%1,104$25,140
($8,015)
8,69153.60%13 to 1