by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual produces its Best Quality Schools rankings on a yearly basis to recognize those graduate schools that provide an excellent educational experience and are dedicated to helping their students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology landed the #455 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico, New Mexico Tech came in at #1.
New Mexico Tech was ranked #473 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
In addition, New Mexico Tech took the #2 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in New Mexico.
The total graduate student population at New Mexico Tech is made up of 40.3% women and 59.7% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at New Mexico Tech, around 33.7% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 14.0% of graduate students hail from another country. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,344 | $24,292 |
| Fees | $1,373 | $1,373 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at New Mexico Tech is $47,269. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 19% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
Contact details for New Mexico Tech are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801 |
| Phone: | 800-428-8324 |
| Website: | www.nmt.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/newmexicotech |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/newmexicotech |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 65.7% of the graduate students at New Mexico Tech took at least one online course. For that same period, 26.7% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Applied Mathematics | 1 |
| Biotechnology | 1 |
| Chemistry | 1 |
| Computer Science | 1 |
| Geological & Earth Sciences | 3 |
| Materials Engineering | 2 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 2 |
| Petroleum Engineering | 2 |
| Physics | 2 |
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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