College · Public · Las Vegas, NM · Town
New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas, NM
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$39k
Net price / yr$15k
Undergrad size1,451
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $15k/yr for a shot at a $39k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
1,451 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $21k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $15k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$83k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$59k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$24k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.5x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $7.4k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $12.3k
- Room & board
- $10.1k
- Books & supplies
- $1,158
How students pay for it.
Pell grants45%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans18%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$11k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $7k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention53%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr26%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$39k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$46k
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
- 1,451
- Location
- Las Vegas, NM
- Region
- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Hispanic61%
- White17%
- American Indian / Alaska Native8%
- Black5%
- International3%
- Unknown3%
- Two or more races3%
First-gen students45%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time36%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$24k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 27
What you can study.