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Tightest New Mexico Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The next table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) New Mexico colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus has the lowest acceptance rate as of 27.55% for academic year 2022-2023 in New Mexico. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).
The following table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in New Mexico.
Tightest New Mexico Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2022-2023)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsPortales, NM
27.55%1,71347243692.37%
2New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Public, four-yearsSocorro, NM
74.43%1,22090830133.15%
3New Mexico State University-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsLas Cruces, NM
78.05%15,86012,3782,32518.78%
4University of New Mexico-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsAlbuquerque, NM
96.07%12,63912,1423,50928.90%