2021 Best Affordable Colleges in New Mexico for Students from Canada

International students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our Best Value Colleges for Canadian Students in New Mexico ranking - to help you make that decision.

Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New Mexico to determine which ones were the best for Canadian students in New Mexico. Our ranking is based on several objective factors, including the school's overall value and the total number of international students at the school. We steer clear of subjective measures since they don't give a clear picture when determining how one school compares to another.

Learn more about our ranking methodology.

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Top Value Colleges in New Mexico for Students from Canada

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

$25,243 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

4.5% International Students

Our 2021 rankings named University of New Mexico - Main Campus the best affordable school for Canadian students in New Mexico working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the large public school handed out 4,294 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 4.5% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at UNM are China, India, and Nepal. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at UNM runs, on average, about $25,243. Graduate students pay around $20,487 a year in average tuition and fees.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Report

2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, NM

$23,767 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

5.4% International Students

A rank of #2 on our list means New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a great place for Canadian students in New Mexico working on their bachelor’s degree. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 2,425 students in 2020-2021.

International students make up 5.4% of the total student body at the school. Students from as far away as Kuwait, Mexico, and India come to NMSU Main Campus to study. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at NMSU Main Campus runs, on average, about $23,767. Graduate students pay around $18,275 a year in average tuition and fees.

Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 2 schools only.

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.