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New Mexico Colleges' Retention Rate

What is the Average Retention Rate in New Mexico?

The retention rate is the percentage of first-time students who attend and continue their study in next year at colleges. The low retention rate means that more students transfer out to or stop/pause the program at a school. In general, high ranked colleges or special purpose colleges' retention rate is higher than others.
The average retention rate of New Mexico colleges is 62.97% for full-time students and 43.27% for part-time students. 7,474 out of 11,260 full-time first-year students continued their study in next year at New Mexico colleges. In public New Mexico colleges, the retention rate is 58% and private schools' rate is 79% By school levels, the retention rate at four-years colleges is 66% and community colleges' rate is 57% in New Mexico.
The next schools are the top 3 New Mexico colleges that have the highest retention rate. University of New Mexico-Main Campus has the highest retention rate of 72% among New Mexico colleges. New Mexico State University-Main Campus and Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus also have higher rate of 72% and 62% respectively. For the ranking, we exclude community colleges and four-colleges with less than 1,000 first-time students.
The following table summarizes the average retention rate in New Mexico by school type and level.
The Average Retention Rate In New Mexico
TotalPublicPrivate (not-for-profit)Private (for-profit)
Total62.97%58.11%78.50%74.67%
4 Years Colleges65.82%63.00%78.50%-
Community Colleges56.67%55.79%-65.00%
Trade Schools77.43%--77.43%
The following table summarizes the retention rate and number of students by attending status for New Mexico collegesNumbers in parentheses in each column indicate the number of students in the corresponding category.
Retention Rate by Attending Status at New Mexico colleges
Retention RateFirst-time StudentsEnrolled in Next Year
Full-time62.97%11,2607,474
Part-time43.27%2,9931,287
The following table shows the New Mexico Colleges. You can see more schools and narrow down the results in search result page.
AllPublicPrivate4-Years CollegeCommunity CollegesTrade Schools
New Mexico Colleges
School NameLocationTuition & FeesEnrollmentAcceptance RateGraduation Rate
Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque
Private (for-profit), 2-4 years
Albuquerque, NM $17,706 690 - 45%
Olympian Academy of Cosmetology
Private (for-profit), less than 2-years
Alamogordo, NM $16,800 688 - -
Central New Mexico Community College
Public, 2-4 years
Albuquerque, NM $8,366 ($1,934) 19,095 - 27%
Navajo Technical University
Public, four-years
Crownpoint, NM $4,250 ($2,402) 1,354 - 8%
New Mexico State University-Dona Ana
Public, 2-4 years
Las Cruces, NM $6,360 ($2,718) 6,662 - 16%
Clovis Community College
Public, 2-4 years
Clovis, NM $3,224 ($1,736) 2,303 - 41%
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus
Public, four-years
Portales, NM $8,843 ($6,863) 5,106 27.55% 41%
Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell Campus
Public, 2-4 years
Roswell, NM $5,616 ($2,424) 1,856 - 35%
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development
Public, four-years
Santa Fe, NM $5,801 ($5,561) 868 100.00% 27%
New Mexico Highlands University
Public, four-years
Las Vegas, NM $12,180 ($7,260) 2,677 - 25%
New Mexico Junior College
Public, 2-4 years
Hobbs, NM $2,280 ($1,920) 2,228 - 49%
New Mexico Military Institute
Public, 2-4 years
Roswell, NM $14,042 ($6,990) 424 56.07% 44%
University of New Mexico-Gallup Campus
Public, 2-4 years
Gallup, NM $4,843 ($2,575) 2,113 - 15%
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Public, four-years
Socorro, NM $26,312 ($9,058) 1,689 74.43% 55%
University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Campus
Public, 2-4 years
Los Alamos, NM $5,686 ($2,214) 1,009 - 29%
University of New Mexico-Main Campus
Public, four-years
Albuquerque, NM $26,450 ($8,115) 21,953 96.07% 51%
New Mexico State University-Alamogordo
Public, 2-4 years
Alamogordo, NM $6,072 ($3,000) 1,032 - 20%
Southeast New Mexico College
Public, 2-4 years
Carlsbad, NM $4,008 ($1,968) 1,673 - 21%
New Mexico State University-Grants
Public, 2-4 years
Grants, NM $4,272 ($2,376) 825 - 33%
New Mexico State University-Main Campus
Public, four-years
Las Cruces, NM $25,271 ($8,147) 14,268 78.05% 50%
University of New Mexico-Valencia County Campus
Public, 2-4 years
Los Lunas, NM $5,130 ($1,878) 1,953 - 16%
Northern New Mexico College
Public, four-years
Espanola, NM $14,328 ($6,400) 1,154 - 39%
San Juan College
Public, 2-4 years
Farmington, NM $4,985 ($1,790) 5,454 - 22%
Santa Fe Community College
Public, 2-4 years
Santa Fe, NM $4,995 ($2,505) 3,266 - 18%
University of the Southwest
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Hobbs, NM $16,670 1,066 - 26%
Southwestern College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Santa Fe, NM $20,036 193 - -
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
Public, 2-4 years
Albuquerque, NM $1,095 ($1,095) 269 - 13%
University of New Mexico-Taos Campus
Public, 2-4 years
Ranchos de Taos, NM $5,004 ($2,004) 1,222 - 23%
Mesalands Community College
Public, 2-4 years
Tucumcari, NM $3,408 ($2,136) 824 - 52%
Vogue College of Cosmetology-Santa Fe
Private (for-profit), less than 2-years
Santa Fe, NM $15,500 68 - -
Western New Mexico University
Public, four-years
Silver City, NM $14,354 ($7,868) 3,378 - 31%
St. John's College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Santa Fe, NM $38,946 439 54.08% 71%
Luna Community College
Public, 2-4 years
Las Vegas, NM $3,050 ($1,634) 774 - 19%
Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso Branch Community College
Public, 2-4 years
Ruidoso, NM $2,644 ($1,804) 691 - 16%
Carrington College-Albuquerque
Private (for-profit), 2-4 years
Albuquerque, NM $61,578 377 - 57%
Brookline College-Albuquerque
Private (for-profit), four-years
Albuquerque, NM $88,847 528 - 64%
Paul Mitchell the School-Albuquerque
Private (for-profit), less than 2-years
Albuquerque, NM $15,500 167 - -
Aveda Institute-New Mexico
Private (for-profit), less than 2-years
Albuquerque, NM $16,818 145 - -
Glitz School of Cosmetology
Private (for-profit), less than 2-years
Las Cruces, NM $21,100 168 - -
Avenue Academy, A Cosmetology Institute
Private (for-profit), less than 2-years
Albuquerque, NM $10,750 97 - -
Urban Academy of Beauty
Private (for-profit), less than 2-years
Rio Rancho, NM $12,000 17 - -
A Better U Beauty Barber Academy
Private (for-profit), less than 2-years
Albuquerque, NM $17,900 38 - -