unitid 187620 · Las Cruces, NM · public 2-year · city (midsize)
New Mexico State University-Dona Ana
- enrollment 2023
- 8,638
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
5,177
77th pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
35%
undergrads on Pell grants
68th pctl among public 2-years
completion
19%
finish within 150% time
6th pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$14,397
42nd pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$6,048
after aid, aided students
35th pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$39,067
after entry, Title IV students
55th pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$17,095
96th pctl among public 2-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $5,475 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 2-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k49%
- 30-48k21%
- 48-75k14%
- 75-110k8%
- 110k+7%
- Median family income
- $23,951
- First-generation students
- 44%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $2,322
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.3× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 450 | $32,811 | $10,497 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 86 | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 64 | $36,982 | $7,425 |
| Data Processing. | 52 | — | — |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 50 | $53,700 | $9,995 |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 47 | $40,116 | $7,571 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 41 | $32,385 | — |
| Data Processing. | 36 | $36,600 | $9,750 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 33 | — | — |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 32 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 32 | $80,465 | $16,467 |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. | 30 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.