College · Public · Portales, NM · Town
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus
Portales, NM
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate92%
6-yr median pay$34k
Net price / yr$5k
Undergrad size3,357
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $5k/yr for a shot at a $34k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 92% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 964 · ACT 19.
If you get in
3,357 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $19k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $5k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$76k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$20k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$56k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback0.6x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $7.2k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $9.2k
- Room & board
- $8.4k
- Books & supplies
- $950
How students pay for it.
Pell grants36%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans19%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$17k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention62%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr45%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$34k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$39k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out25%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Town
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 3,357
- Location
- Portales, NM
- Region
- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- ENMU-Portales
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Hispanic46%
- White36%
- Black6%
- International3%
- Unknown3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native3%
- Two or more races2%
- Asian1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
First-gen students46%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time28%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Veterans1%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$29k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 44
What you can study.