The 2024 average acceptance rate of 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.
Acceptance Rate Trends
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 following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at New Mexico Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
76.65% |
76.32% |
74.29% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
70.85%
-5.80% |
70.98%
-5.35% |
70.02%
-4.27% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
68.45%
-2.40% |
68.23%
-2.74% |
68.22%
-1.80% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
65.63%
-2.81% |
66.34%
-1.90% |
64.41%
-3.81% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
58.77%
-6.86% |
58.88%
-7.45% |
58.31%
-6.10% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
61.52%
2.75% |
61.75%
2.87% |
60.81%
2.50% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
71.23%
9.72% |
71.87%
10.12% |
70.25%
9.44% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
79.18%
7.95% |
78.09%
6.21% |
80.04%
9.79% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
74.49%
-4.69% |
74.50%
-3.58% |
74.33%
-5.71% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
71.70%
-2.79% |
70.63%
-3.88% |
72.38%
-1.95% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
71.50%
-0.20% |
70.51%
-0.11% |
72.66%
0.28% |
|---|
| Average |
70.00% |
69.83% |
69.61% |
|---|
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%
-1.45% |
51.41%
-5.73% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
51.75%
-0.47% |
54.90%
0.92% |
48.69%
-2.72% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
44.44%
-7.31% |
46.30%
-8.59% |
43.48%
-5.21% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
50.73%
6.29% |
52.56%
6.25% |
49.12%
5.63% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
45.05%
-5.69% |
49.78%
-2.77% |
40.29%
-8.83% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
37.74%
-7.31% |
41.34%
-8.44% |
34.19%
-6.10% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
30.17%
-7.57% |
35.30%
-6.04% |
26.33%
-7.86% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
46.30%
16.12% |
49.98%
14.67% |
42.61%
16.28% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
47.46%
1.16% |
51.42%
1.44% |
43.82%
1.21% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
38.96%
-8.49% |
42.97%
-8.44% |
35.77%
-8.05% |
|---|
| Average |
45.28% |
48.54% |
42.99% |
|---|
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
14.31% |
13,282
-8.22% |
6,301
-5.18% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
25,573
7.41% |
15,016
13.06% |
6,634
5.28% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
28,711
12.27% |
16,523
10.04% |
6,616
-0.27% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
24,700
-13.97% |
15,396
-6.82% |
6,390
-3.42% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
25,416
2.90% |
16,240
5.48% |
6,000
-6.10% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
25,961
2.14% |
18,361
13.06% |
5,817
-3.05% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
28,871
11.21% |
21,971
19.66% |
5,788
-0.50% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
26,884
-6.88% |
19,963
-9.14% |
5,910
2.11% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
31,967
18.91% |
26,227
31.38% |
6,723
13.76% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
31,851
-0.36% |
25,872
-1.35% |
6,832
1.62% |
|---|
| Average |
26,779 |
18,484 |
6,332 |
|---|