by our College Data Analytics TeamNew Mexico Tech earned 25 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 3 in the top 1%, 5 in the top 5%, 8 in the top 10% and 9 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 93 in Most Focused for Materials Engineering, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology holds 25 ranking badges across 5 fields of study, 8 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. It has no placements this edition in College Factual’s athletics rankings. College Factual re-runs each ranking as fresh data is published. These badges come from the 2027 edition. The tier columns show the best placement reached in each ranking. Read about our data sources and methodologies. If you are an administrator interested in using our badge program to showcase your college’s strengths, please contact us.
| Award Level | Badges |
|---|---|
| Top 1% | 3 |
| Top 5% | 5 |
| Top 10% | 8 |
| Top 15% | 9 |
| Total | 25 |
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is best known for Engineering: 10 of its 25 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Materials Engineering, Petroleum Engineering and Physics.
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Best | ✓ | |||
| Overall Best (Southwest) | ✓ | |||
| Overall Best (New Mexico) | ✓ | |||
| Best for the Money | ✓ | |||
| Best for the Money (Southwest) | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Ranked | ✓ | |||
| Computer Science | ||||
| Best Value | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | ||||
| Best Value | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemical Engineering | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Electrical Engineering | ||||
| Best Value | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Environmental Engineering | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Materials Engineering | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Mechanical Engineering | ||||
| Best Value | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Mining Engineering | ||||
| Best Value | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Petroleum Engineering | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Value | ✓ | |||
| Mathematics | ||||
| Best Value | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Geological & Earth Sciences | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Physics | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology earned no online-program badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s online-program rankings is #16 of 21 in Most Popular Online for Geological & Earth Sciences.
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #2,349 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 48%).
College Factual’s rankings are based primarily on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 2027 edition. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology appears in 87 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
More about our data sources and methodologies.