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New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology was awarded 86 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is computer science.
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College Factual ranked New Mexico Tech as #690 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when New Mexico Tech held the #919 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
New Mexico Tech also holds the #3 spot on the Best Colleges in New Mexico ranking.
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The acceptance rate at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is 97%, which is higher than many other schools to which you may be applying. But don't think getting into New Mexico Tech is a sure thing. The admissions staff is still going to review your application to see if you are a good fit for the school.
About 43% of students accepted to New Mexico Tech submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 660. Math scores were between 560 and 660.
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The student to faculty ratio at New Mexico Tech is an impressive 10 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is 78%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology has a freshmen retention rate of 76%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at New Mexico Tech is 27%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,229 undergraduates at New Mexico Tech with 1,103 being full-time and 126 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,697 | $12,364 | $15,379 | $17,961 | $17,705 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of New Mexico Tech, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At New Mexico Tech, approximately 47% of students took out student loans averaging $5,310 a year. That adds up to $21,240 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at New Mexico Tech is 6.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for New Mexico Tech are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801 |
| Phone: | 800-428-8324 |
| Website: | www.nmt.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/newmexicotech |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/newmexicotech |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 47 | $66,375 |
| Electrical Engineering | 29 | $61,496 |
| Computer Science | 23 | NA |
| Chemical Engineering | 19 | $38,910 |
| Petroleum Engineering | 15 | $70,180 |
| Physics | 11 | NA |
| Environmental Engineering | 9 | NA |
| General Biology | 9 | NA |
| Civil Engineering | 9 | $48,135 |
| Mathematics | 9 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 661 students took at least one online class at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. This is a decrease from the 1,548 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 661 | 142 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,548 | 386 |
| 2018-2019 | 171 | 75 |
| 2017-2018 | 116 | 71 |
| 2016-2017 | 145 | 74 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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