2021 Best Affordable Colleges in New Mexico for Students from China

With all of the options international students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our Best Value Colleges for Chinese Students in New Mexico ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

After analyzing 3 schools in New Mexico, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Chinese students in New Mexico. Our ranking methodology focuses on a number of different objective factors - such as the overall value of the school, number of total international students at the school, and the percentage of international students on campus - to make this determination.

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Since one ranking on its own is not enough to give you a complete understanding of your educational options, you can refine this list by location. We've also developed a number of other tools and rankings based on other factors. These other rankings highlight colleges that excel in other factors such as quality or diversity as well as schools that excel in serving different groups of students such as online students or returnings adults.

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Top Value Colleges in New Mexico for Students from China

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Socorro, NM

$24,254 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

4.7% International Students

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology tops this year’s ranking as the best value school for Chinese students in New Mexico. Located in Socorro, New Mexico, the small public school handed out 225 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 4.7% of the total student body at the school. The top three countries sending students to study at New Mexico Tech are China, India, and Nepal. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at New Mexico Tech runs, on average, about $24,254. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $25,665 per year.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

$25,243 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

4.5% International Students

Out of the 3 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4,294 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.

Around 4.5% of the total student population at the school is international. Students from as far away as China, India, and Nepal come to UNM to study. International students at UNM can expect to pay, on average, about $25,243 a year to attend the school. Graduate students pay around $20,487 a year in average tuition and fees.

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New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, NM

$23,767 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

5.4% International Students

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at New Mexico State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Chinese students in New Mexico. NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2,425 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.

International students make up 5.4% of the total student body at the school. Students from as far away as Kuwait, Mexico, and India come to NMSU Main Campus to study. International students at NMSU Main Campus can expect to pay, on average, about $23,767 a year to attend the school. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $18,275 per year.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 3 schools only.

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.