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New Mexico Military Institute was awarded 20 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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College Factual ranked NMMI as #1,373 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 NMMI held the #1,881 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
NMMI is also ranked #11 out of 23 schools in New Mexico.
New Mexico Military Institute has an acceptance rate of 41%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for NMMI.
The student to faculty ratio at New Mexico Military Institute is about average at 14 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at New Mexico Military Institute is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 48% rate at New Mexico Military Institute is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 493 undergraduates at NMMI with 391 being full-time and 102 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $3,147 | $2,008 | $6,497 | $9,638 | $13,199 |
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 NMMI, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At NMMI, approximately 11% of students took out student loans averaging $4,401 a year. That adds up to $17,604 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at NMMI is 13.5%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for NMMI are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 101 W. College Blvd., Roswell, NM 88201-5173 |
| Phone: | 575-622-6250 |
| Website: | www.nmmi.edu/ |
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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