New Mexico Highlands University Student Population and Demographics

New Mexico Highlands Student Population

There are 2,704 students including 1,603 undergraduate and 1,101 graduate students at New Mexico Highlands University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 1,507 full-time and 1,197 part-time students with gender distribution of 856 male and 1,848 female students.

New Mexico Highlands University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,399 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

New Mexico Highlands University has a total enrollment of 2,704 with a gender distribution of 31.66% male (856 students) and 68.34% female (1,848 students). There are 600 male and 1,003 female students in undergraduate school and 256 male and 845 female students are attending graduate school at New Mexico Highlands University.

Student Population By Gender
New Mexico Highlands University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	2,704	856	1,848
Undergraduate	1,603	600	1,003
Graduate	1,101	256	845
Full-time	1,507	583	924
Part-time	1,197	273	924

[Chart] New Mexico Highlands University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

New Mexico Highlands University has 1,507 full-time and 1,197 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 934 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 669 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 573 students are full-time and 528 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
New Mexico Highlands University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	2,704	1,507	1,197
Undergraduate	1,603	934	669
Graduate	1,101	573	528
Men	856	583	273
Women	1,848	924	924

[Chart] New Mexico Highlands University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At New Mexico Highlands University, 1,399 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 923 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 2,704 students.

In undergraduate schools, 1,317 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,005 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
New Mexico Highlands University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	2,704	1,603	1,101
Online Exclusively	1,399	648	751
In Some Online Classes	923	669	254
Not In Online Classes	382	286	96

[Chart] New Mexico Highlands University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at New Mexico Highlands University. There are 199 American Indian/Native American, 519 White, 105 Black/African American, 20 Asian, 1,481 Hispanic, 8 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 95 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
New Mexico Highlands University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	2,704	856	1,848
American Indian/Native American	199	32	167
Asian	20	5	15
Black/African American	105	63	42
Hispanic	1,481	471	1,010
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	3	5
White	519	163	356
Two More	59	25	34
Race Un-Known	232	70	162

[Chart] New Mexico Highlands UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at New Mexico Highlands University.

Age Distribution
New Mexico Highlands University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	2,704	1,603	1,101
Under 18	80	79	1
Age 18-19	279	279	0
Age 20-21	257	253	4
Age 22-24	361	269	92
Age 25-29	410	188	222
Age 30-34	364	156	208
Age 35-39	260	113	147
Age 40-49	402	152	250
Age 50-64	221	84	137
Over 64	70	30	40
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] New Mexico Highlands University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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