2021 Best Colleges in New Mexico for Students from Thailand

With all of the options international students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our Best Colleges for Thai Students in New Mexico ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

After analyzing 2 schools in New Mexico, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Thai students in New Mexico. To come up with this ranking, we look at a number of factors that are all objective measurements. These factors include the school's overall quality as determined by our Best Colleges ranking and the percentage of international students on campus.

See what other factors we include in our ranking methodology.

Customizing Your List

We know that one set of rankings doesn't always help you determine the best school for you, so we've created the ability to narrow your list by location as well as alternative rankings that prioritize different factors such as those of importance to online students or returning adults or those who value diversity and value for your money.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you're torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Top Colleges in New Mexico for Students from Thailand

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

Our analysis found University of New Mexico - Main Campus to be the best school for Thai students in New Mexico in this year’s ranking. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 4,294 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 4.5% of the total student body at the school. Students from as far away as China, India, and Nepal come to UNM to study.

Read full report on University of New Mexico - Main Campus

2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, NM

$23,767 Avg Tuition & Fees

5.4% International Students

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. This fairly large public school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 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.