New Mexico

Where New Mexico's high school graduates go to college

27,597
Total Freshmen
687
Destination Colleges
82%
Stay In-State
51%
Go to 4-Year

Enrollment by Sector

Trends Over Time

Top Destination Colleges

Where New Mexico's high school graduates enroll as freshmen

# College State Freshmen Share
1 Central New Mexico Community Colleg in-state New Mexico 5,343 19.4%
2 University of New Mexico-Main Campu in-state New Mexico 4,454 16.1%
3 New Mexico State University-Main Ca in-state New Mexico 3,049 11.0%
4 New Mexico State University-Dona An in-state New Mexico 1,896 6.9%
5 New Mexico Junior College in-state New Mexico 713 2.6%
6 Eastern New Mexico University-Main in-state New Mexico 679 2.5%
7 San Juan College in-state New Mexico 648 2.3%
8 New Mexico Institute of Mining and in-state New Mexico 486 1.8%
9 University of New Mexico-Valencia C in-state New Mexico 476 1.7%
10 Santa Fe Community College in-state New Mexico 459 1.7%
11 Clovis Community College in-state New Mexico 433 1.6%
12 Eastern New Mexico University-Roswe in-state New Mexico 409 1.5%
13 University of New Mexico-Gallup Cam in-state New Mexico 382 1.4%
14 Fort Lewis College Colorado 330 1.2%
15 New Mexico Highlands University in-state New Mexico 304 1.1%
16 Western New Mexico University in-state New Mexico 282 1.0%
17 Glitz School of Cosmetology in-state New Mexico 262 0.9%
18 University of New Mexico-Los Alamos in-state New Mexico 246 0.9%
19 Brookline College-Albuquerque in-state New Mexico 245 0.9%
20 Grand Canyon University Arizona 212 0.8%
21 Southeast New Mexico College in-state New Mexico 194 0.7%
22 Northern Arizona University Arizona 189 0.7%
23 University of New Mexico-Taos Campu in-state New Mexico 188 0.7%
24 Luna Community College in-state New Mexico 179 0.6%
25 Northern New Mexico College in-state New Mexico 178 0.6%
26 Texas Tech University Texas 164 0.6%
27 New Mexico State University-Alamogo in-state New Mexico 162 0.6%
28 Arizona State University Campus Imm Arizona 156 0.6%
29 New Mexico Military Institute in-state New Mexico 120 0.4%
30 Olympian Academy of Cosmetology in-state New Mexico 103 0.4%
31 Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque in-state New Mexico 98 0.4%
32 Mesalands Community College in-state New Mexico 84 0.3%
33 Trinidad State College Colorado 81 0.3%
34 Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Ins in-state New Mexico 81 0.3%
35 Eastern New Mexico University Ruido in-state New Mexico 79 0.3%
36 Southern New Hampshire University New Hampshire 79 0.3%
37 New Mexico State University-Grants in-state New Mexico 78 0.3%
38 Adams State University Colorado 75 0.3%
39 University of Arizona Arizona 69 0.3%
40 West Texas A & M University Texas 68 0.2%
41 South Plains College Texas 65 0.2%
42 Brigham Young University Utah 63 0.2%
43 University of the Southwest in-state New Mexico 62 0.2%
44 Colorado State University-Fort Coll Colorado 59 0.2%
45 Carrington College-Albuquerque in-state New Mexico 59 0.2%
46 University of Denver Colorado 52 0.2%
47 Universal Technical Institute of Ar Arizona 45 0.2%
48 El Paso Community College Texas 43 0.2%
49 Navajo Technical University in-state New Mexico 43 0.2%
50 Brigham Young University-Idaho Idaho 42 0.2%