College · Public · Socorro, NM · Town
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Socorro, NM
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate44%
6-yr median pay$55k
Net price / yr$10k
Undergrad size995
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $10k/yr for a shot at a $55k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 44% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter. Admitted students average SAT 1207 · ACT 26.
If you get in
995 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 $25k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $10k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$100k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$39k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$60k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback0.7x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $9.5k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $27.2k
- Room & board
- $10.3k
- Books & supplies
- $800
How students pay for it.
Pell grants30%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans31%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$19k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention77%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr57%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$55k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$76k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out30%
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
- 995
- Location
- Socorro, NM
- Region
- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Smaller Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- New Mexico Tech
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White46%
- Hispanic41%
- American Indian / Alaska Native4%
- Two or more races3%
- International3%
- Asian2%
- Black1%
First-gen students26%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time5%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$39k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 23
What you can study.