New Mexico Highlands University Student Population and Demographics

New Mexico Highlands Student Population

There are 2,645 students including 1,544 undergraduate and 1,101 graduate students at New Mexico Highlands University for academic year 2021-2022. By attending status, there are 1,603 full-time and 1,042 part-time students with gender distribution of 821 male and 1,824 female students. New Mexico Highlands University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,449 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

New Mexico Highlands University has a total enrollment of 2,645 with a gender distribution of 31.04% male (821 students) and 68.96% female (1,824 students). There are 543 male and 1,001 female students in undergraduate school and 278 male and 823 female students are attending graduate school at New Mexico Highlands University.

Student Population By Gender
New Mexico Highlands University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	2,645	821	1,824
Undergraduate	1,544	543	1,001
Graduate	1,101	278	823
Full-time	1,603	549	1,054
Part-time	1,042	272	770

[Chart] New Mexico Highlands University 2022 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

New Mexico Highlands University has 1,603 full-time and 1,042 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 975 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 569 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 628 students are full-time and 473 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
New Mexico Highlands University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	2,645	1,603	1,042
Undergraduate	1,544	975	569
Graduate	1,101	628	473
Men	821	549	272
Women	1,824	1,054	770

[Chart] New Mexico Highlands University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At New Mexico Highlands University, 1,449 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 861 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 2,645 students. In undergraduate schools, 1,377 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 933 students are attending some online courses.

2022 Distance Learning Enrollment
New Mexico Highlands University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	2,645	1,544	1,101
Online Exclusively	1,449	748	701
In Some Online Classes	861	629	232
Not In Online Classes	335	167	168

[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 279 American Indian/Native American, 593 White, 136 Black/African American, 24 Asian, 1,387 Hispanic, 10 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 47 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
New Mexico Highlands University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	2,645	821	1,824
American Indian/Native American	279	48	231
Asian	24	5	19
Black/African American	136	104	32
Hispanic	1,387	394	993
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	8	2
White	593	183	410
Two More	74	27	47
Race Un-Known	47	20	27

[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	2,645	1,544	1,101
Under 18	52	52	0
Age 18-19	223	223	0
Age 20-21	308	303	5
Age 22-24	416	287	129
Age 25-29	451	202	249
Age 30-34	327	136	191
Age 35-39	262	107	155
Age 40-49	356	148	208
Age 50-64	187	66	121
Over 64	62	19	43
Age Un-Known	1	1	0

[Chart] New Mexico Highlands University 2022 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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