New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 12,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 125 (91% 😎) very dry
Sunshine Hours 3,415 (97% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation 305 (94% 🏖️)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 966
Men / Women 72% / 28%
From State 92%
From Region 0%

Racial/Ethnic

White 45%
Hispanic 41%
Native American 4%
Mixed 3%
International 3%
Asian 2%
Black 1%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology 215 66% 51% 3% 0% 35% 3% $94,798 93 +0.16 93 98%
Chemical Engineering 9 — 44% 11% 0% 0% 56% 11% $101,157 32 -0.45 96 95% — — — —
Civil Engineering 4 — 75% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $82,251 5 -1.44 85 100% — — — —
Electrical Engineering 18 — 89% 50% 6% 0% 33% 0% $117,316 63 +0.01 99 96% — — — —
Environmental Engineering 5 — 60% 60% 20% 0% 20% 0% $85,233 44 -0.02 88 — — — — —
Materials Engineering 8 — 50% 75% 0% 0% 25% 0% $99,659 76 +0.58 95 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 45 — 80% 56% 0% 0% 33% 0% $112,113 95 +1.62 98 99% — — — —
Mining Engineering 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $105,318 48 -0.40 97 — — — — —
Petroleum Engineering 9 — 67% 11% 0% 0% 22% 56% $103,833 43 -0.47 96 98% — — — —
Computer Science 33 — 85% 58% 6% 0% 36% 0% $119,083 49 -0.17 99 — — — — —
Information Technology 3 — 67% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $115,716 82 +0.85 98 100% — — — —
Chemistry 5 — 20% 60% 0% 0% 40% 0% $66,165 26 -0.52 66 — — — — —
Geosciences 6 — 83% 50% 17% 0% 33% 0% $64,180 53 -0.08 62 — — — — —
Mathematics 11 — 73% 73% 0% 0% 18% 0% $81,678 54 -0.14 85 — — — — —
Physical Sciences 3 — 67% 67% 0% 0% 33% 0% $82,045 48 -0.11 85 — — — — —
Physics 13 — 85% 62% 0% 0% 38% 0% $82,894 50 -0.05 86 — — — — —
Biology 18 — 11% 50% 0% 0% 44% 0% $57,561 13 -1.03 46 100% — — — —
Biomedical Sciences 7 — 14% 14% 14% 0% 57% 0% $57,561 10 -1.08 46 100% — — — —
Environmental Science 2 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $61,276 68 +0.33 55 — — — — —
Business Administration 3 — 67% 33% 0% 0% 33% 0% $76,383 62 -0.06 80 — — — — —
Engineering Management 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $77,576 65 -0.00 81 — — — — —
General Studies 3 — 100% 67% 0% 0% 33% 0% $58,871 66 +0.15 49 — — — — —
Technical Writing 2 — 100% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $55,029 67 +0.32 39 — — — — —
Psychology 6 — 33% 33% 0% 0% 17% 0% $58,712 73 +0.55 49 — — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $9,955
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $28,987
Est. In-State Cost $12,878
Est. Out-of-State Cost $37,498
ROI Percentile 93th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 77%
4-Year Graduation Rate 32%
6-Year Graduation Rate 57%
Transfer-Out Rate 30%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Engineering 46.0% 99 74% 48% 2% 0% 33% 6% $107,671 72 +0.64 97 98% —
Physical Sciences & Math 17.7% 38 71% 63% 3% 0% 32% 0% $77,319 46 -0.15 81 — —
Computer Science 16.7% 36 83% 61% 6% 0% 33% 0% $118,802 63 -0.09 99 100% —
Life & Natural Sciences 11.6% 25 12% 40% 4% 0% 48% 0% $57,561 11 -1.04 46 100% —
Social Sciences 2.8% 6 33% 33% 0% 0% 17% 0% $58,712 50 +0.55 49 — —
Humanities 2.3% 5 100% 60% 0% 0% 40% 0% $57,334 63 +0.22 45 — —
Business & Economics 1.9% 4 50% 25% 0% 0% 50% 0% $76,681 44 -0.05 80 — —
Agriculture & Food Science 0.9% 2 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $61,276 56 +0.33 55 — —

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $32.6M #129 65% $2.1M 10 #177 66 —
Computer Science $23.6M #46 92% $0.1M 2 #173 — —
Physical Sciences & Math $20.5M #129 61% $0.2M 7 #185 72 —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.5M #396 100% $0 1 #231 5 —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.4M #418 100% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0.2M #284 58% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Education $0 #457 — $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0 #441 — $0 — — — —
Total $77.7M #170 72% $2.4M 20 #382 143 —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 97%
Yield (non-ED) 27%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 97% 97% 97%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 98%
SAT Range 1080 – 1310
SAT Math Range 530 – 650
SAT RW Range 550 – 660