New Mexico College Enrollment Rises for a Fourth Straight Year, With 113,991 Degree-Seeking Students and 4,016 New Students, Up 3.6%, in Fall 2025
The New Mexico Higher Education Department announced, based on preliminary fall enrollment data from institutions across the state, that college enrollment in New Mexico has increased for the fourth consecutive year. A total of 113,991 degree-seeking students are enrolled in fall 2025, including 4,016 new degree-seeking students, up 3.6% from fall 2024.
Enrollment has increased each year since fall 2021, up 13.6% over that four-year period, representing 13,727 additional students. In fall 2025, enrollment rose across every higher education sector: research universities by 3.3%, comprehensive universities by 0.9%, branch community colleges by 6.5%, and independent community colleges by 3.4%.
Enrollment increased at nearly every public institution, including the state's three largest — the University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University, and Central New Mexico Community College. The largest percentage increases were at the University of New Mexico's Gallup branch campus (16.4%), Northern New Mexico College (12.4%), and the University of New Mexico's Valencia County branch campus (11.8%).
Source: New Mexico Higher Education Department
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Photo: 位于Albuquerque的新墨西哥大学校门入口，该校为新墨西哥州规模最大的院校之一。照片：Kenneth C. Zirkel，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons / Entrance gate of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
