2021 Best Colleges in New Mexico for Students from France

When it comes to choosing a college, international students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our Best Colleges for French Students in New Mexico ranking is part of that endeavor.

After analyzing 2 schools in New Mexico, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for French students in New Mexico. Our ranking methodology focuses a number of different objective factors - such as the overall quality of the school, number of total international students at the school, and the percentage of international students on campus - to make this determination.

Get more details on our ranking methodology.

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Top Colleges in New Mexico for Students from France

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

$25,243 Avg Tuition & Fees

4.5% International Students

University of New Mexico - Main Campus tops this year’s ranking as the best school for French students in New Mexico. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the large public school handed out 4,294 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 4.5% of the total student body at the school. Students studying at UNM come from such countries as China, India, and Nepal.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Report

2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, NM

$23,767 Avg Tuition & Fees

5.4% International Students

Out of the 2 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, the fairly large public school handed out 2,425 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 5.4% of the total student population at the school is international. Students from as far away as Kuwait, Mexico, and India come to NMSU Main Campus to study.

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.