New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Socorro, NM
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is a public university in Socorro, New Mexico, a town more than 35 miles from a city, with 995 undergraduates. Engineering and computer science are its signature fields: together they make up 69% of its bachelor's degrees, about six times their share across the colleges we cover. 57% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $76,489 ten years after starting.
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology admitted 600 of 1,112 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (54%).
- Acceptance rate
- 54%
- Fall 2023 class
- In-state tuition
- $9,476
- $27,247 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $9,873
- Average, students with aid
- ACT, middle 50%
- 20–28
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is known for
Measured by the 235 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Engineering
54.9%
of its bachelor's degrees: about eight times the 6.9% share across the colleges we cover.
Computer science
14.5%
of its bachelor's degrees: two and a half times the 5.6% share across the colleges we cover.
- Mechanical Engineering5021.3% of degrees$98,213+7% vs $92,135 nationally
- Computer Science3213.6% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
- Biology239.8% of degrees$48,211−16% vs $57,214 nationally
- Chemical Engineering208.5% of degrees$85,900−12% vs $98,158 nationally
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering187.7% of degrees$117,813+17% vs $100,647 nationally
- Materials Engineering125.1% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Remote town
Socorro, NM
Undergraduates
995
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Master's university, small programs
Living on campus
Half or more
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
9 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
3%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Three things New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology required a test score of the fall 2023 entering class.
That is the school’s answer on the federal survey for that class. A test policy can change between surveys, so treat it as the last measured position rather than today’s rule. 79% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
The admit rate rose from 23% to 54% between fall 2018 and fall 2023.
Both ends are measured rates for classes that have already enrolled: a rate that moved, not a forecast. The fall 2023 figure is the one at the top of this page.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2018 to fall 2023
Families paid $9,873 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
54%
600 admitted of 1,112 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
SAT, middle 50%
Reading 500–650Math 540–640
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
ACT, middle 50%
20–28
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
79%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
25%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $9,476 ($27,247 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $24,967. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $9,873 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$9,476
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$27,247
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$24,967
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$9,873
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $24,967 full cost.
- Under $30k$5,136Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$7,640Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$10,106Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$14,753Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$13,464Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
57%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
77%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$76,489
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$19,085
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Between fall 2018 and fall 2023 the admit rate rose from 23% to 54%.
What New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendationsconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rankconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Essay
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Regular DecisionJuly 26, 2027
Verified October 10, 2026 · Source
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