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Cheapest Colleges in New Mexico

Discover New Mexico’s best college values! Compare tuitions, admission rates and other stats for public and private schools statewide.

Which New Mexico Colleges are the Cheapest?

College tuition is on the up and up these days, and it's no exception in New Mexico. However, state residents can take advantage of reduced tuition rates by staying in the state for their college education. By reducing how much you have to pay for tuition annually, you will be able to better budget for other critical expenses such as food, transportation, housing, utilities, and school supplies, to name a few. To help ease your college search, we have put together a list below of New Mexico's colleges boasting the lowest in-state tuition rates.

Rank	School Name	City	State	Net Cost	School Level	Retention Rate	In-State Cost
1	Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute	Albuquerque	NM	$9,222	2 year	35.77%	$0
2	San Juan College	Farmington	NM	$5,631	2 year	52.14%	$984
3	Clovis Community College	Clovis	NM	$10,024	2 year	59.02%	$1,008
4	Mesalands Community College	Tucumcari	NM	$6,753	2 year	69.09%	$1,152
5	Luna Community College	Las Vegas	NM	$6,430	2 year	48.28%	$1,152
6	Central New Mexico Community College	Albuquerque	NM	$4,447	2 year	59.5%	$1,200
7	Eastern New Mexico University-Ruidoso Campus	Ruidoso	NM	$8,440	2 year	44.93%	$1,272
8	New Mexico Junior College	Hobbs	NM	$7,228	2 year	62.25%	$1,296
9	University of New Mexico-Gallup Campus	Gallup	NM	$7,208	2 year	58.08%	$1,454
10	University of New Mexico-Valencia County Campus	Los Lunas	NM	$6,830	2 year	57.04%	$1,471
11	Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell Campus	Roswell	NM	$7,978	2 year	51.52%	$1,536
12	New Mexico Military Institute	Roswell	NM	$5,936	2 year	39.85%	$1,571
13	New Mexico State University-Carlsbad	Carlsbad	NM	$5,978	2 year	44.85%	$1,608
14	University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Campus	Los Alamos	NM	$7,676	2 year	45.16%	$1,662
15	Santa Fe Community College	Santa Fe	NM	$9,736	2 year	58.35%	$1,695
16	University of New Mexico-Taos Campus	Ranchos de Taos	NM	$9,465	2 year	46.53%	$1,728
17	New Mexico State University-Dona Ana	Las Cruces	NM	$5,281	2 year	59.14%	$1,776
18	New Mexico State University-Grants	Grants	NM	$3,849	2 year	38.75%	$1,968
19	New Mexico State University-Alamogordo	Alamogordo	NM	$5,192	2 year	42.55%	$2,232
20	Northern New Mexico College	Espanola	NM	$8,736	4 year	50%	$2,748
21	Navajo Technical University	Crownpoint	NM	$2,939	4 year	57.14%	$2,760
22	Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus	Portales	NM	$10,428	4 year	59.33%	$3,065
23	New Mexico Highlands University	Las Vegas	NM	$10,241	4 year	48.42%	$3,192
24	Western New Mexico University	Silver City	NM	$10,994	4 year	55.29%	$3,562
25	Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture	Santa Fe	NM	$11,191	4 year	66.67%	$3,600

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