unitid 188304 · Silver City, NM · public 4-year · town (remote)
Western New Mexico University
- enrollment 2023
- 4,150
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
2,026
25th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
43%
undergrads on Pell grants
80th pctl among public 4-years
completion
32%
finish within 150% time
23rd pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$21,562
45th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$8,522
after aid, aided students
23rd pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$39,095
after entry, Title IV students
13th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$23,000
79th pctl among public 4-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 $8,381 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k52%
- 30-48k18%
- 48-75k15%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $21,494
- First-generation students
- 48%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $7,856
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.7× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Work. | 179 | — | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 74 | $34,941 | — |
| Social Work. | 56 | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 42 | — | — |
| Social Work. | 37 | — | $35,448 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 33 | $87,063 | $31,088 |
| Precision Metal Working. | 31 | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 29 | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 28 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 27 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 25 | — | — |
| Psychology, General. | 21 | — | $27,500 |
— 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.