2021 Best Affordable Colleges in New Mexico for Students from Pakistan

International students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its Best Value Colleges for Pakistani Students in New Mexico ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New Mexico to determine which ones were the best for Pakistani students in New Mexico. Our ranking is based on several objective factors, including the school's overall value and the total number of international students at the school. We steer clear of subjective measures since they don't give a clear picture when determining how one school compares to another.

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Top Value Colleges in New Mexico for Students from Pakistan

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

$25,243 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

4.5% International Students

Our 2021 rankings named University of New Mexico - Main Campus the best affordable school for Pakistani students in New Mexico working on their bachelor’s degree. This large public school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 4,294 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 4.5% of the total student body at the school. 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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2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, NM

$23,767 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

5.4% International Students

A rank of #2 on our list means New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a great place for Pakistani students in New Mexico working on their bachelor’s degree. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 2,425 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 5.4% are international. Students from as far away as Kuwait, Mexico, and India come to NMSU Main Campus to study. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at NMSU Main Campus is about $23,767 a year, on average. 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 2 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.