Top colleges in New Mexico by 10-year ROI
Executive Summary
Bachelor’s-predominant institutions located in New Mexico with at least 200 students, sorted by the same 10-year ROI estimate used nationally. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology leads this list at $237,330 (10 Yr. ROI).
Leaders: top 3
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
10 Yr. ROI
$237,330
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus
10 Yr. ROI
$185,340
New Mexico State University-Main Campus
10 Yr. ROI
$174,299
Top 10 Top colleges in New Mexico by 10-year ROI
| Rank | Institution | State | Control | Enrollment | 10 Yr. ROI | Also see |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | NM | Public | 995 | $237,330 | Grad 55.2% · Net $20,862 |
| 2 | Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus | NM | Public | 3,357 | $185,340 | Grad 38.7% · Net $5,238 |
| 3 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | NM | Public | 11,946 | $174,299 | Grad 53.6% · Net $6,313 |
| 4 | Western New Mexico University | NM | Public | 2,026 | $169,178 | Grad 44.2% · Net $6,328 |
| 5 | New Mexico Highlands University | NM | Public | 1,451 | $141,687 | Grad 30.2% · Net $18,315 |
| 6 | University of the Southwest | NM | Private nonprofit | 346 | $136,198 | Grad 19.2% · Net $17,550 |
| 7 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | NM | Public | 17,244 | $135,087 | Grad 53.7% · Net $19,966 |
| 8 | St. John's College | NM | Private nonprofit | 368 | $88,750 | Grad 70.3% · Net $22,480 |
| 9 | Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development | NM | Public | 334 | $81,712 | Grad 17.5% · Net $11,199 |
| 10 | Brookline College-Albuquerque | NM | Private for-profit | 542 | $13,977 | Grad 44.0% · Net $35,895 |
Method notes
- Underlying institution file: EDsmart Data processed College Scorecard extract merged to the IPEDS 2024 directory for HBCU and Carnegie fields.
- Cohort applied on this page: enrollment floor of 200 undergraduates; sorted highest first on 10 Yr. ROI; all 10 qualifying campuses are shown.
- Ties on the ranked metric are broken by enrollment, then institution name, so ranks stay stable between rebuilds.
- ROI column matches the processed college_roi_rankings series in this site build; see College Scorecard ROI methodology.
- How the 10-year ROI figure is built: median earnings reported 6, 8, and 10 years after entry (years 7 and 9 linearly interpolated) are summed across years 6–10, then average annual net price × typical years enrolled (five for bachelor’s-predominant campuses) is subtracted. It is a nominal-dollar gap—not discounted to present value, and it does not subtract earnings foregone while enrolled or compare against a no-college baseline. Campuses reporting only one of the three earnings years are excluded from these tables.
- School profile links use generated slugs; not every campus has a published profile page yet—use the Scorecard site as fallback.