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New Mexico Military Institute Data & Information Overview

Great Price Value for Your Money
56% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is New Mexico Military Institute Ranked?

#1,359 Best Colleges in Nation
#10 Best Colleges in NM
Liberal Arts General Studies Highest Ranked Major

2025 Rankings

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Overall Quality

NMMI is ranked #1,359 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when NMMI held the #1,373 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

NMMI is also ranked #10 out of 24 schools in New Mexico.

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Is It Hard to Get Into NMMI?

56% Acceptance Rate
19% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

If you're applying to New Mexico Military Institute you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 56%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.

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New Mexico Military Institute Faculty

12 to 1 Student to Faculty
100% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at NMMI is an impressive 12 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at New Mexico Military Institute is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  100 out of 100
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100

Retention and Graduation Rates at New Mexico Military Institute

49% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 49% rate at New Mexico Military Institute is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.

Freshmen Retention Rate  49 out of 100
0
100

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New Mexico Military Institute Undergraduate Student Diversity

391 Full-Time Undergraduates
59.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
20.5% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 493 undergraduates at NMMI with 391 being full-time and 102 being part-time.

How Much Does New Mexico Military Institute Cost?

$6,129 Net Price
8% Take Out Loans
$17,536 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of NMMI is $6,129. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for NMMI

$0-30 K$30K-48K$48-75$75-110K$110K +
$3,547$4,068$10,153$11,176$10,601

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of NMMI, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At NMMI, approximately 8% of students took out student loans averaging $4,384 a year. That adds up to $17,536 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do NMMI Graduates Make?

$57,410 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from NMMI with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $57,410 in their early years. That's great news for NMMI students since it is 17% more than the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year.

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Location of New Mexico Military Institute

New Mexico State
391 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
New Mexico Military Institute is a public institution situated in Roswell, New Mexico. Roswell is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

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Contact details for NMMI are given below.

Contact Details
Address:101 W. College Blvd., Roswell, NM 88201-5173
Phone:575-622-6250
Website:https://www.nmmi.edu/

New Mexico Military Institute Majors

1 Majors With Completions
254 Undergraduate Degrees
254 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 1 majors graduated from New Mexico Military Institute. Of these students, 254 received undergraduate degrees and 254 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular MajorsBachelor’s DegreesAverage Salary of Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies127NA

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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