What colleges in New Mexico actually cost
The sticker price is not what most families pay. Every New Mexico college below shows its published cost of attendance beside the average net price families in the lowest reported income band actually paid after grants and scholarships — no account needed.
- Colleges
- 40
- in New Mexico with net-price data
- Median sticker price
- $18,094
- a year, across the 40 with a cost of attendance
- Median college's avg. net price, under $30,000
- $6,951
- after grants — the median of each college's average, across the 40 that report this band
| College | City | Sticker price | Avg. net price (income band) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Better U Beauty Barber Academy | Albuquerque | $23,826 | $17,618Under $30,000 |
| Aveda Institute-New Mexico | Albuquerque | $19,754 | $14,672Under $30,000 |
| Avenue Academy A Cosmetology Institute | Albuquerque | $17,425 | $13,196Under $30,000 |
| Brookline College-Albuquerque | Albuquerque | $40,105 | $36,151Under $30,000 |
| Carrington College-Albuquerque | Albuquerque | $56,412 | $50,554Under $30,000 |
| Central New Mexico Community College | Albuquerque | $11,600 | $2,975Under $30,000 |
| Clovis Community College | Clovis | $10,043 | $2,226Under $30,000 |
| Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso Branch Community College | Ruidoso | $9,907 | $736Under $30,000 |
| Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus | Portales | $18,940 | $3,663Under $30,000 |
| Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell Campus | Roswell | $11,816 | $2,982Under $30,000 |
| Glitz School of Cosmetology | Las Cruces | $20,123 | $14,165Under $30,000 |
| Glitz School of Cosmetology - Santa Fe Campus | Santa Fe | $10,384 | $5,184Under $30,000 |
| Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development | Santa Fe | $24,854 | $10,974Under $30,000 |
| Luna Community College | Las Vegas | $10,405 | $3,393Under $30,000 |
| Mesalands Community College | Tucumcari | $15,975 | $9,778Under $30,000 |
| Navajo Technical University | Crownpoint | $13,049 | $4,293Under $30,000 |
| New Mexico Highlands University | Las Vegas | $20,868 | $13,511Under $30,000 |
| New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | Socorro | $24,967 | $5,136Under $30,000 |
| New Mexico Junior College | Hobbs | $9,258 | $6,000Under $30,000 |
| New Mexico Military Institute | Roswell | $19,121 | $2,772Under $30,000 |
| New Mexico State University-Alamogordo | Alamogordo | $15,728 | $6,714Under $30,000 |
| New Mexico State University-Dona Ana | Las Cruces | $14,397 | $5,475Under $30,000 |
| New Mexico State University-Grants | Grants | $8,514 | $248Under $30,000 |
| New Mexico State University-Main Campus | Las Cruces | $23,274 | $6,648Under $30,000 |
| Northern New Mexico College | Espanola | $19,702 | $7,187Under $30,000 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Albuquerque | Albuquerque | $19,201 | $15,513Under $30,000 |
| Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque | Albuquerque | $28,183 | $21,291Under $30,000 |
| San Juan College | Farmington | $15,140 | $5,647Under $30,000 |
| Santa Fe Community College | Santa Fe | $18,405 | $10,145Under $30,000 |
| Southeast New Mexico College | Carlsbad | $13,604 | $5,147Under $30,000 |
| Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute | Albuquerque | $12,125 | $4,302Under $30,000 |
| St. John's College | Santa Fe | $55,824 | $16,014Under $30,000 |
| University of New Mexico-Gallup Campus | Gallup | $11,620 | $4,197Under $30,000 |
| University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Campus | Los Alamos | $17,783 | $10,916Under $30,000 |
| University of New Mexico-Main Campus | Albuquerque | $21,259 | $11,938Under $30,000 |
| University of New Mexico-Taos Campus | Ranchos de Taos | $16,228 | $8,480Under $30,000 |
| University of New Mexico-Valencia County Campus | Los Lunas | $13,469 | $3,797Under $30,000 |
| University of the Southwest | Hobbs | $28,210 | $15,384Under $30,000 |
| Vogue College of Cosmetology-Santa Fe | Santa Fe | $26,582 | $19,997Under $30,000 |
| Western New Mexico University | Silver City | $21,562 | $8,381Under $30,000 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, 2024 data release. Sticker price is the college's cost of attendance (the published figure, or the sum of its published components). Net price is the average paid by students who received federal aid, grouped by household income. Averages from past students — your family's cost could be higher or lower.
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