by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
University of New Mexico - Taos Campus was awarded 2 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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UNM Taos also holds the #19 spot on the Best Colleges in New Mexico ranking.
UNM Taos was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
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As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into University of New Mexico - Taos Campus since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At University of New Mexico - Taos Campus, this rate is 25 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of New Mexico - Taos Campus is 89%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 33% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at University of New Mexico - Taos Campus. Students may have a variety of reasons for this, such as only intending to attend a school for one year while they brush up on certain subjects.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,046 undergraduates at UNM Taos with 164 being full-time and 882 being part-time.
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 UNM Taos, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At UNM Taos, approximately 4% of students took out student loans averaging $4,453 a year. That adds up to $17,812 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UNM Taos is 8.8%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for UNM Taos are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1157 County Road 110, Ranchos de Taos, NM 87557 |
| Phone: | 575-737-6200 |
| Website: | taos.unm.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/universityofnewmexico |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/unm |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 761 students took at least one online class at University of New Mexico - Taos Campus. This is an increase from the 640 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 761 | 553 |
| 2019-2020 | 640 | 377 |
| 2018-2019 | 329 | 164 |
| 2017-2018 | 281 | 164 |
| 2016-2017 | 328 | 188 |
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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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