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New Mexico Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the schools having low yield) 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.
New Mexico State University-Main Campus, has the lowest yield rate of 20.64% for academic year 2024-2025 in New Mexico. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is positioned second with 27.07% yield and University of New Mexico-Main Campus follows them with 31%. Next table shows the schools that have low 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 highest yield rates in New Mexico.
New Mexico Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1New Mexico State University-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsLas Cruces, NM
20.64% 13,095 11,650 2,404 88.97%
2New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Public, four-yearsSocorro, NM
27.07% 1,544 687 186 44.49%
3University of New Mexico-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsAlbuquerque, NM
31.19% 12,269 11,678 3,642 95.18%
4Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsPortales, NM
36.96% 1,727 1,583 585 91.66%
5St. John's College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSanta Fe, NM
36.97% 397 211 78 53.15%