Also known as

  • UNM

Institutional Enrollment

Total Post-Bac Enrollment
6,592
56.3% Female
43.7% Male

Institution Overview

System
University of New Mexico
School Type
Public
Academic Calendar
Semester
Setting
City: Large

Academics

Graduate Assistantships
Yes
Full Time Graduate Enrolled
Yes
Part Time Graduate Enrolled
Yes
Total # of Programs
251
Number of Programs Available (in Category Selected Above)
Master's
84
Doctoral Research
41
Doctoral Professional
5
Degrees Offered
Master's
Doctor's (Research)
Doctor's (Professional)
Certificate Offered
Post-master's

Student Body

Demographics
4.73%
American Indian or Alaska Native
4.96%
Asian
2.12%
Black or African American
32.22%
Hispanic or Latino
0.14%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
39.05%
White
3.05%
Two or more races
2.84%
Unknown
10.89%
Non-resident Alien

Admissions

Application Fee
$50
Admissions Office Web Address
admissions.unm.edu/

Tuition & Aid

Average In-State Tuition
$6,287
Average Out-Of-State Tuition
$20,442

Academics: Programs - Overview

Academic
Yes
Occupational
Yes
Continuing Professional
Yes
Recreational or avocational
Yes
Highest Degree offered
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice

Distance Learning Options

Grad programs or courses
Yes

Degree Programs Offered (in Category Selected Above)

Master's
84
Doctor's Degree Research
41
Doctor's Degree Professional
5
Post Master's Certificate
17
Program Area Program Type Program Format
Campus Distance
Accounting Master's Degree Yes No
Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General Master's Degree Yes No
American Indian/Native American Studies Master's Degree Yes No
American/United States Studies/Civilization Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Anthropology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Applied Behavior Analysis Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Master's Degree Yes No
Architectural History and Criticism, General Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Architecture Master's Degree
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Art History, Criticism and Conservation Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Art Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Art/Art Studies, General Master's Degree Yes No
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Master's Degree Yes No
Biology/Biological Sciences, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Business Administration and Management, General Master's Degree
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Chemical Engineering Master's Degree Yes No
Chemistry, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning Master's Degree Yes No
Civil Engineering, General Master's Degree Yes No
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist Master's Degree Yes No
Comparative Literature Master's Degree Yes No
Computer and Information Sciences, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance Master's Degree Yes No
Computer Engineering, General Master's Degree Yes No
Computer Science Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Construction Engineering Master's Degree Yes No
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Creative Writing Master's Degree Yes No
Curriculum and Instruction Doctoral – Research Yes No
Dance, General Master's Degree Yes No
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Master's Degree Yes No
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General Master's Degree Yes No
Economics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Education, General Master's Degree Yes No
Education, Other Doctoral – Research Yes No
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Educational Leadership and Administration, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
Educational Psychology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Master's Degree Yes No
Elementary Education and Teaching Master's Degree
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Engineering, General Doctoral – Research Yes No
English Language and Literature, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Ethnic Studies Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General Master's Degree Yes No
French Language and Literature Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Geography Master's Degree Yes No
Geology/Earth Science, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
German Language and Literature Master's Degree Yes No
Health Services Administration Master's Degree Yes No
Health Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Health/Medical Physics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies Master's Degree
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
History, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Landscape Architecture Master's Degree Yes No
Latin American Studies Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Law Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Professional		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Learning Sciences Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Linguistics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Manufacturing Engineering Master's Degree Yes No
Materials Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Mathematics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Yes No
Medicine Doctoral – Professional Yes No
Museology/Museum Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Music Performance, General Master's Degree
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
National Security Policy Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Nuclear Engineering Master's Degree Yes No
Nursing Practice Doctoral – Professional Yes No
Nursing Science Doctoral – Research Yes No
Occupational Therapy/Therapist Master's Degree Yes No
Optics/Optical Sciences Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Pharmacy Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Professional		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Philosophy Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctoral – Professional Yes No
Physician Assistant Master's Degree Yes No
Physics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Playwriting and Screenwriting Master's Degree Yes No
Political Science and Government, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Portuguese Language and Literature Master's Degree Yes No
Project Management Master's Degree Yes No
Psychology, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Public Administration Master's Degree Yes No
Public Health, General Master's Degree Yes No
Public Policy Analysis, General Master's Degree Yes No
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse Master's Degree
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Rhetoric and Composition Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
School Psychology Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Secondary Education and Teaching Master's Degree Yes No
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Sociology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Spanish Language and Literature Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Special Education and Teaching, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Master's Degree Yes No
Statistics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Technical Teacher Education Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Water Resources Engineering Master's Degree Yes No
Women's Studies Post Master's Certificate Yes No

Faculty

TotalInstructional StaffResearchPublic Service
Total 2,143 2,004 118 21
With faculty status 2,005 2,004 0 1
Tenured 646 646 0 0
On tenure track 263 263 0 0
Not on tenure track 1,096 1,095 0 1
Annual contract 1,096 1,095 0 1
Less-than annual contract 0 0 0 0
Without faculty status 138 0 118 20

Graduate Assistantships

Graduate Assistantships
Yes
Graduate Assistantship
Teaching
Research

Additional Information

State-Approved Teacher Certification?
Yes
Medical Degree Offered?
Yes
Institution Has a Hospital?
Yes

Overview

Average In-State Tuition
$6,287
Average Out-Of-State Tuition
$20,442
Financial aid office web address
finaid.unm.edu/
Tuition fee varies by residency status
Yes
Typical Room & Board Charge
$11,884
Tuition & Fees
In-stateOut-of-State
Full time Average Tuition$6,287$20,442
Full time Fees$1,108$1,108
Part time, per credit hour$349$1,136

Tuition & Fees By Program

ProgramIn-state TuitionIn-state FeesOut-of-State TuitionOut-of-State Fees
Law $6,287 $2,012 $20,442 $2,012
Medicine $15,328 $3,783 $44,023 $3,783
Pharmacy $8,072 $1,212 $25,330 $1,212

Tuition Plan Options

Alternative Tuition Plans Offered
Yes
Tuition Guaranteed Plan
No
Prepaid Tuition Plan
No
Tuition Payment Plan
Yes
Other Alternative Tuition Plan
No

Institutional Enrollment

Total Post-Bac Enrollment
6,592
56.3% Female
43.7% Male

Post-Bac Race / Ethnicity

Demographics
4.73%
American Indian or Alaska Native
4.96%
Asian
2.12%
Black or African American
32.22%
Hispanic or Latino
0.14%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
39.05%
White
3.05%
Two or more races
2.84%
Unknown
10.89%
Non-resident Alien

Gender
Race / Ethnicity Men Women
American Indian Or Alaska Native 90 222
Asian 130 197
Black Or African American 74 66
Hispanic Or Latino 864 1,260
Native Hawaiian OrOther Pacific Islander 2 7
Non-resident Alien 423 295
White 1,130 1,444
Two Or More Races 73 128
Unknown 93 94

Services offered

Service Offered
Academic Career Counseling ServiceYes
Employment Services For StudentsYes
Placement Services For CompletersYes

Advanced Awards/ Degrees Conferred Statistics

Award: Master's degree
Total
1,363
42.7% Male
57.3% Female

Award: Doctor's degree - research/scholarship
Total
184
54.3% Male
45.7% Female

Award: Doctor's degree - professional practice
Total
291
41.9% Male
58.1% Female

Award: Post-master's certificate
Total
73
17.8% Male
82.2% Female

Overview

Library Facilities at Institution
No
On-Campus Housing Available?
Yes

Services offered

Service Offered
Remedial services
On-campus day care for student's childrenYes

Admissions Office Contact

Address
1700 Lomas Blvd NE
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Phone
505-277-0111
Fax
Email
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Provisional Release as of October, 2016.
Surveys: Institutional Characteristics (2015), Data File: [HD2015], [IC2015], [IC2015_AY]; Surveys: Completions (2015), Data File: [C2015_A],[C2015DEP]; Surveys: 12-Month Enrollment (2015), Data File: [EFFY2015]; Surveys: Employees by Assigned Position (2014), Data File: [EAP2014]


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