University of New Mexico-Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM
University of New Mexico-Main Campus is a public research university in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a large city, with 17,244 undergraduates. Health professions is its signature field: 19% of its bachelor's degrees, about twice its share across the colleges we cover. 55% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $44,792 ten years after starting.
University of New Mexico-Main Campus admitted 10,866 of 13,589 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (80%).
- Acceptance rate
- 80%
- Fall 2025 class
- In-state tuition
- $10,140
- $33,060 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $15,489
- Average, students with aid
- SAT, middle 50%
- 920–1170
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 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What University of New Mexico-Main Campus is known for
Measured by the 3,273 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Health professions
19.4%
of its bachelor's degrees: about twice the 9.1% share across the colleges we cover.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations44113.5% of degrees$62,431−9% vs $68,257 nationally
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing41212.6% of degrees$86,559About the $88,910 national median
- Psychology37611.5% of degrees$46,693−8% vs $50,706 nationally
- Biology1855.7% of degrees$51,987−9% vs $57,214 nationally
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities1504.6% of degrees$47,770−10% vs $53,072 nationally
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods902.7% of degrees$50,231+6% vs $47,382 nationally
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
Large city
Albuquerque, NM
Undergraduates
17,244
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Doctoral university, very high research activity
Living on campus
Under a quarter
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
15 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
2%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
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
80%
10,866 admitted of 13,589 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
920–1170
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
20–26
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
3.40
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
54%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
8%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at University of New Mexico-Main Campus?
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 University of New Mexico-Main Campus 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 $10,140 ($33,060 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $21,259. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $15,489 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$10,140
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$33,060
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$21,259
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$15,489
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $21,259 full cost.
- Under $30k$11,938Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$13,045Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$16,196Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$17,906Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$19,053Typical 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
55%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
76%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$44,792
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$18,450
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.
Over 5 years the admit rate rose from 70% to 95%.
What University of New Mexico-Main Campus 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 scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Essay
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendations
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rank
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 DecisionJune 1, 2027
Verified October 10, 2026 · Source
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