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Most Favored New Mexico Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in New Mexico. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.
St. John's College, has the highest yield rate of 36.97% for academic year 2024-2025 in New Mexico. Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus is positioned second with 36.96% yield and University of New Mexico-Main Campus follows them with 31%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in New Mexico.
Most Favored New Mexico Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1St. John's College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSanta Fe, NM
36.97% 397 211 78 53.15%
2Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsPortales, NM
36.96% 1,727 1,583 585 91.66%
3University of New Mexico-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsAlbuquerque, NM
31.19% 12,269 11,678 3,642 95.18%
4New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Public, four-yearsSocorro, NM
27.07% 1,544 687 186 44.49%
5New Mexico State University-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsLas Cruces, NM
20.64% 13,095 11,650 2,404 88.97%