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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 18.78% for academic year 2022-2023 in New Mexico. University of New Mexico-Main Campus is positioned second with 28.90% yield and New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology follows them with 33%. Next table shows the schools that have low yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the highest yield rates in New Mexico.
New Mexico Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1New Mexico State University-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsLas Cruces, NM
18.78% 15,860 12,378 2,325 78.05%
2University of New Mexico-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsAlbuquerque, NM
28.90% 12,639 12,142 3,509 96.07%
3New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Public, four-yearsSocorro, NM
33.15% 1,220 908 301 74.43%
4St. John's College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSanta Fe, NM
37.14% 453 245 91 54.08%
5Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsPortales, NM
92.37% 1,713 472 436 27.55%