A total of 110,801 students are enrolled in New Mexico colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.

By race, there are 9,835 native american or Alaska native students (8.88%), 2,280 asian students (2.06%), 3,213 african-american students (2.90%), 54,247 hispanic students (48.96%), 266 native hawaiian or other pacific islander students (0.24%), and 30,480 white students (27.51%).

For New Mexico colleges, Southwestern College has the highest rate of white students (0.00% and Navajo Technical University has the lowest rate of white students (0.01%.

For Afraican-american students, Olympian Academy of Cosmetology has the highest rate of black students (0.20% and Aveda Institute-New Mexico has the lowest rate of black students (0.01% among New Mexico colleges.

For Asian students, Brookline College-Albuquerque has the highest rate of asian students (0.05% and Navajo Technical University has the lowest rate of asian students (0.00% among New Mexico colleges.

Student Population by Race for New Mexico Colleges

In New Mexico 4-year colleges and universites, there are 1,427 asian students (2.61%), 1,766 african-american students (3.23%), 25,574 hispanic students (46.78%), and 15,929 white students (29.14%).

In New Mexico community colleges, there are 1,295 african-american students (2.37%), 27,958 hispanic students (51.07%), and 14,245 white students (26.02%).

In New Mexico trade schools, there are 152 african-american students (10.95%), 715 hispanic students (51.51%), and 306 white students (22.05%).

Summary Table of Student Population by Race and School Level for New Mexico Colleges
School LevelTotal Enrollment American Indian / Native AmericanAsianAfrican-AmericanHispanic Native Hawaiian / Pacific IslanderWhiteTwo or More RaceRace Unknown
All Levels110,801 9,835
(8.88%)		 2,280
(2.06%)		 3,213
(2.90%)		 54,247
(48.96%)		 266
(0.24%)		 30,480
(27.51%)		 3,184
(2.87%)		 4,327
(3.91%)
4-year Colleges54,673 3,990
(7.30%)		 1,427
(2.61%)		 1,766
(3.23%)		 25,574
(46.78%)		 110
(0.20%)		 15,929
(29.14%)		 1,759
(3.22%)		 1,809
(3.31%)
Community Colleges54,740 5,826
(10.64%)		 842
(1.54%)		 1,295
(2.37%)		 27,958
(51.07%)		 156
(0.28%)		 14,245
(26.02%)		 1,382
(2.52%)		 2,378
(4.34%)
Trade Schools1,388 19
(1.37%)		 11
(0.79%)		 152
(10.95%)		 715
(51.51%)		 0
(0.00%)		 306
(22.05%)		 43
(3.10%)		 140
(10.09%)

Student Population Comparison By Race for All New Mexico Colleges

The following table compares student population by race between New Mexico colleges. A total of 110,801 students have enrolled in New Mexico colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Student Population Comparison by Race between New Mexico Colleges
SchoolTotal EnrollmentAmerican Indian / Native American AsianAfrican-AmericanHispanicNative Hawaiian / Pacific Islander WhiteTwo or More RaceRace Unknown
Pima Medical Institute-AlbuquerquePrivate, 2-4 year690135
(19.6%)		 14
(2.0%)		 17
(2.5%)		 347
(50.3%)		 4
(0.6%)		 108
(15.7%)		 58
(8.4%)		 7
(1.0%)
Olympian Academy of CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year6884
(0.6%)		 4
(0.6%)		 140
(20.3%)		 270
(39.2%)		 - 134
(19.5%)		 21
(3.1%)		 115
(16.7%)
Central New Mexico Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year19,0951,274
(6.7%)		 373
(2.0%)		 506
(2.6%)		 10,254
(53.7%)		 47
(0.2%)		 4,915
(25.7%)		 571
(3.0%)		 1,095
(5.7%)
Navajo Technical UniversityPublic, 4-year1,3541,270
(93.8%)		 1
(0.1%)		 10
(0.7%)		 24
(1.8%)		 1
(0.1%)		 20
(1.5%)		 6
(0.4%)		 16
(1.2%)
New Mexico State University-Dona AnaPublic, 2-4 year6,662103
(1.5%)		 54
(0.8%)		 119
(1.8%)		 4,794
(72.0%)		 13
(0.2%)		 1,193
(17.9%)		 81
(1.2%)		 138
(2.1%)
Clovis Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,30311
(0.5%)		 29
(1.3%)		 105
(4.6%)		 1,054
(45.8%)		 6
(0.3%)		 997
(43.3%)		 66
(2.9%)		 34
(1.5%)
Eastern New Mexico University-Main CampusPublic, 4-year5,10679
(1.5%)		 79
(1.5%)		 212
(4.2%)		 1,854
(36.3%)		 16
(0.3%)		 1,799
(35.2%)		 145
(2.8%)		 802
(15.7%)
Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell CampusPublic, 2-4 year1,85618
(1.0%)		 24
(1.3%)		 27
(1.5%)		 919
(49.5%)		 - 484
(26.1%)		 26
(1.4%)		 358
(19.3%)
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts DevelopmentPublic, 4-year868396
(45.6%)		 10
(1.2%)		 6
(0.7%)		 246
(28.3%)		 2
(0.2%)		 113
(13.0%)		 87
(10.0%)		 8
(0.9%)
New Mexico Highlands UniversityPublic, 4-year2,677269
(10.0%)		 17
(0.6%)		 119
(4.4%)		 1,445
(54.0%)		 6
(0.2%)		 551
(20.6%)		 73
(2.7%)		 62
(2.3%)
New Mexico Junior CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,22821
(0.9%)		 25
(1.1%)		 150
(6.7%)		 1,322
(59.3%)		 4
(0.2%)		 617
(27.7%)		 7
(0.3%)		 78
(3.5%)
New Mexico Military InstitutePublic, 2-4 year42410
(2.4%)		 16
(3.8%)		 60
(14.2%)		 123
(29.0%)		 39
(9.2%)		 90
(21.2%)		 9
(2.1%)		 1
(0.2%)
University of New Mexico-Gallup CampusPublic, 2-4 year2,1131,167
(55.2%)		 54
(2.6%)		 20
(0.9%)		 523
(24.8%)		 4
(0.2%)		 216
(10.2%)		 38
(1.8%)		 58
(2.7%)
New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologyPublic, 4-year1,68951
(3.0%)		 65
(3.8%)		 30
(1.8%)		 577
(34.2%)		 5
(0.3%)		 789
(46.7%)		 57
(3.4%)		 15
(0.9%)
University of New Mexico-Los Alamos CampusPublic, 2-4 year1,00962
(6.1%)		 30
(3.0%)		 17
(1.7%)		 508
(50.3%)		 2
(0.2%)		 318
(31.5%)		 35
(3.5%)		 23
(2.3%)
University of New Mexico-Main CampusPublic, 4-year21,9531,281
(5.8%)		 944
(4.3%)		 613
(2.8%)		 9,978
(45.5%)		 35
(0.2%)		 6,841
(31.2%)		 828
(3.8%)		 370
(1.7%)
New Mexico State University-AlamogordoPublic, 2-4 year1,03244
(4.3%)		 21
(2.0%)		 37
(3.6%)		 487
(47.2%)		 3
(0.3%)		 367
(35.6%)		 33
(3.2%)		 17
(1.6%)
Southeast New Mexico CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,67324
(1.4%)		 21
(1.3%)		 21
(1.3%)		 989
(59.1%)		 3
(0.2%)		 450
(26.9%)		 36
(2.2%)		 104
(6.2%)
New Mexico State University-GrantsPublic, 2-4 year825257
(31.2%)		 6
(0.7%)		 16
(1.9%)		 380
(46.1%)		 1
(0.1%)		 141
(17.1%)		 10
(1.2%)		 8
(1.0%)
New Mexico State University-Main CampusPublic, 4-year14,268337
(2.4%)		 181
(1.3%)		 402
(2.8%)		 8,325
(58.3%)		 25
(0.2%)		 3,729
(26.1%)		 369
(2.6%)		 135
(0.9%)
University of New Mexico-Valencia County CampusPublic, 2-4 year1,953111
(5.7%)		 26
(1.3%)		 30
(1.5%)		 1,243
(63.6%)		 6
(0.3%)		 416
(21.3%)		 36
(1.8%)		 71
(3.6%)
Northern New Mexico CollegePublic, 4-year1,154118
(10.2%)		 29
(2.5%)		 21
(1.8%)		 761
(65.9%)		 1
(0.1%)		 127
(11.0%)		 66
(5.7%)		 26
(2.3%)
San Juan CollegePublic, 2-4 year5,4541,826
(33.5%)		 46
(0.8%)		 38
(0.7%)		 1,201
(22.0%)		 9
(0.2%)		 1,894
(34.7%)		 268
(4.9%)		 100
(1.8%)
Santa Fe Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year3,266230
(7.0%)		 48
(1.5%)		 47
(1.4%)		 1,688
(51.7%)		 6
(0.2%)		 1,004
(30.7%)		 45
(1.4%)		 58
(1.8%)
University of the SouthwestPrivate, 4-year1,06620
(1.9%)		 21
(2.0%)		 157
(14.7%)		 375
(35.2%)		 1
(0.1%)		 429
(40.2%)		 9
(0.8%)		 54
(5.1%)
Southwestern CollegePrivate, 4-year1931
(0.5%)		 4
(2.1%)		 9
(4.7%)		 31
(16.1%)		 - 129
(66.8%)		 13
(6.7%)		 6
(3.1%)
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic InstitutePublic, 2-4 year269269
(100.0%)		 - - - - - - -
University of New Mexico-Taos CampusPublic, 2-4 year1,22264
(5.2%)		 21
(1.7%)		 19
(1.6%)		 699
(57.2%)		 2
(0.2%)		 331
(27.1%)		 33
(2.7%)		 47
(3.8%)
Mesalands Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year82427
(3.3%)		 10
(1.2%)		 38
(4.6%)		 354
(43.0%)		 2
(0.2%)		 291
(35.3%)		 - 98
(11.9%)
Vogue College of Cosmetology-Santa FePrivate, Less than 2-year68- - - 28
(41.2%)		 - 37
(54.4%)		 2
(2.9%)		 -
Western New Mexico UniversityPublic, 4-year3,378131
(3.9%)		 40
(1.2%)		 147
(4.4%)		 1,604
(47.5%)		 16
(0.5%)		 1,005
(29.8%)		 82
(2.4%)		 291
(8.6%)
St. John's CollegePrivate, 4-year4391
(0.2%)		 9
(2.1%)		 7
(1.6%)		 49
(11.2%)		 1
(0.2%)		 287
(65.4%)		 18
(4.1%)		 14
(3.2%)
Luna Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year77410
(1.3%)		 5
(0.6%)		 8
(1.0%)		 650
(84.0%)		 1
(0.1%)		 91
(11.8%)		 3
(0.4%)		 6
(0.8%)
Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso Branch Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year69194
(13.6%)		 13
(1.9%)		 12
(1.7%)		 217
(31.4%)		 2
(0.3%)		 265
(38.4%)		 17
(2.5%)		 60
(8.7%)
Carrington College-AlbuquerquePrivate, 2-4 year37769
(18.3%)		 6
(1.6%)		 8
(2.1%)		 206
(54.6%)		 2
(0.5%)		 57
(15.1%)		 10
(2.7%)		 17
(4.5%)
Brookline College-AlbuquerquePrivate, 4-year52836
(6.8%)		 27
(5.1%)		 33
(6.3%)		 305
(57.8%)		 1
(0.2%)		 110
(20.8%)		 6
(1.1%)		 10
(1.9%)
Paul Mitchell the School-AlbuquerquePrivate, Less than 2-year1677
(4.2%)		 3
(1.8%)		 3
(1.8%)		 79
(47.3%)		 - 41
(24.6%)		 11
(6.6%)		 22
(13.2%)
Aveda Institute-New MexicoPrivate, Less than 2-year1453
(2.1%)		 1
(0.7%)		 1
(0.7%)		 86
(59.3%)		 - 53
(36.6%)		 1
(0.7%)		 -
Glitz School of CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year1681
(0.6%)		 1
(0.6%)		 3
(1.8%)		 137
(81.5%)		 - 22
(13.1%)		 2
(1.2%)		 2
(1.2%)
Avenue Academy, A Cosmetology InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year972
(2.1%)		 2
(2.1%)		 1
(1.0%)		 73
(75.3%)		 - 15
(15.5%)		 3
(3.1%)		 1
(1.0%)
Urban Academy of BeautyPrivate, Less than 2-year172
(11.8%)		 - - 11
(64.7%)		 - 1
(5.9%)		 3
(17.6%)		 -
A Better U Beauty Barber AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year38- - 4
(10.5%)		 31
(81.6%)		 - 3
(7.9%)		 - -