2021 Best Affordable Colleges in New Mexico for Students from Spain

When pursuing a degree in today's world, international students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our Best Value Colleges for Spanish Students in New Mexico ranking is part of that endeavor.

Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New Mexico to determine which ones were the best for Spanish students in New Mexico. Instead of depending on subjective information, we focus on objective factors to determine this ranking. These factors include such things as the total number of international students at the school and the school's overall value.

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Top Value Colleges in New Mexico for Students from Spain

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

University of New Mexico - Main Campus tops this year’s ranking as the best value school for Spanish students in New Mexico. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 4,294 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 4.5% of the total student population at the school is international. Students studying at UNM come from such countries as China, India, and Nepal. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at UNM runs, on average, about $25,243. 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

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, the fairly large public school awarded 2,425 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Around 5.4% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at NMSU Main Campus are Kuwait, Mexico, and India. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at NMSU Main Campus runs, on average, about $23,767. 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.