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UNM Los Alamos is also ranked #22 out of 24 schools in New Mexico.
UNM Los Alamos was not ranked in College Factual's 2025 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
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Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
The student to faculty ratio at University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus is 23 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus is 13%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 40% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus. Students may have a variety of reasons for this, such as only intending to attend a school for one year while they brush up on certain subjects.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 929 undergraduates at UNM Los Alamos with 148 being full-time and 781 being part-time.
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 UNM Los Alamos, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UNM Los Alamos, approximately 3% of students took out student loans averaging $5,442 a year. That adds up to $21,768 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for UNM Los Alamos are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4000 University Dr, Los Alamos, NM 87544 |
| Phone: | 505-662-5919 |
| Website: | losalamos.unm.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 27 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 17 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 14 | NA |
| Electromechanical Engineering Technology | 5 | NA |
| General Engineering | 5 | NA |
| Health/Medical Prep Programs | 3 | NA |
| Fire Protection | 3 | NA |
| Accounting | 2 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 2 | NA |
| Information Technology | 2 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 910 students took at least one online class at University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus. This is an increase from the 742 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 910 | 790 |
| 2021-2022 | 742 | 594 |
| 2020-2021 | 911 | 802 |
| 2018-2019 | 636 | 468 |
Learn more about online learning at University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus.
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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