New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology: Statistics

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#1316 of 14,131 In the World
#358 of 2,597 In North America
#322 of 2,496 In the United States
#3 of 12 In New Mexico
#72 of 1,251 For Petroleum Engineering
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Acceptance rate
74%
Aid receiving
99%
Undergraduates
1,218
Graduates
471
Male:Female Ratio
66:34
Control
Public
Highest Degree
Doctor's degree
Website
nmt.edu

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Acceptance rate and admissions statistics

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology has an acceptance rate of 74% and is among the top 37% of the most difficult universities to gain admission to in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.

Total Men Women
Acceptance Rate 74% 75% 73%
Applicants 1,220 788 432
Admissions 908 594 314
Freshmen enrolled full time 299 230 69
Freshmen enrolled part time 2 1 1

362 students enrolled in some distance education courses.

112 enrolled exclusively in distance education.

Admissions requirements

Secondary school GPA Required
Secondary school record Required
TOEFL Required
College-preparatory program Considered but not required
Recommendations Considered but not required
SAT/ACT Considered but not required
Secondary school rank Considered but not required
Formal demonstration of competencies Neither required nor recommended
Other Tests Neither required nor recommended

Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity

White 789 (47%)
Hispanic 577 (35%)
Nonresident Alien 100 (6%)
Asian 65 (4%)
Two or more races 57 (3%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 33 (2%)
Black or African American 30 (2%)
Race or Ethnicity unknown 15 (0.9%)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 5 (0.3%)

Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees

The final cost of attendance varies for each student based on household income, residency, program, and other factors.

Average aid awarded
$10,293
Students receiving aid
99%

Tuition and fees

UndergraduatesGraduates
Tuition in-district $7,664$8,005
Tuition in-state $7,664$8,005
Tuition out-of-state $24,918$26,479
Fee in-district $1,394$1,373
Fee in-state $1,394$1,373
Fee out-of-state $1,394$1,373

Room and board costs

Dormitory capacity 807
Combined charge for room and board $8,518
Room charge $3,948
Meal charge $4,384

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology majors

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology has granted 212 bachelor's degrees across 22 programs, 83 master's across 16 programs, and 7 doctorate degrees across 5 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

Major Associate Bachelor Master Doctoral
Mechanical Engineering 47 13
Computer Science 26 10 1
Electrical and Electronics Engineering 17 5
Chemical Engineering 21
Biology & Biological Sciences, General 16 4
Civil Engineering, General 19 1
Physics, General 13 3
Materials Engineering 5 10
Petroleum Engineering 4 9 1
Geology & Earth Science, General 8 3
Mathematics, General 3 6
Mining and Mineral Engineering 4 5
Biomedical Sciences, General 6
Chemistry, General 3 3
Engineering & Industrial Management 2 4
Hydrology and Water Resources Science 4 1
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing 5
Information Technology 4
Environmental & Environmental Health Engineering 3
General Studies 2 1
Cyber & Electronic Operations and Warfare 2
Geophysics and Seismology 2
Physical Sciences, General 2
Psychology, General 2
Science Teacher Education & General Science Teacher Education 2
Applied Mathematics, General 1
Environmental Science 1
Grand Total 2 212 83 7

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology has a graduation rate of 55%, which is among the 49% highest for universities in the US.

Total Men Women
Graduation rate 55% 52% 64%
  • Full-time retention rate - 75%
  • Part-time retention rate - 20%

Publications & Citations

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology has published 9,377 scientific papers with 230,768 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Engineering, Environmental Science, Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Biology, Quantum and Particle physics, Materials Science, Geography and Cartography, and Organic Chemistry.

Publications
9,377
Citations
230,768

Publication / Citation count by topic

Engineering
6,823 / 154,393
Environmental Science
6,512 / 177,923
Physics
6,441 / 164,017
Chemistry
5,815 / 152,870
Geology
5,402 / 150,099
Biology
4,955 / 135,382
Quantum and Particle physics
4,342 / 108,874
Materials Science
3,662 / 82,646
Geography and Cartography
3,468 / 95,438
Organic Chemistry
3,305 / 87,250
Computer Science
3,245 / 72,484
Paleontology
2,982 / 91,196
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
2,786 / 59,780
Earth science and Geophysics
2,320 / 76,498
Ecology
1,980 / 54,255
Metallurgical Engineering
1,846 / 42,027
Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
1,831 / 58,572
Optical Engineering
1,820 / 35,509
Astrophysics and Astronomy
1,771 / 57,200
Petrology and Geochemistry
1,600 / 54,395
Oceanography
1,367 / 42,157
Mathematics
1,314 / 30,536
History
1,294 / 30,531
Biochemistry
1,283 / 35,971
Geotechnical Engineering
1,215 / 29,967
Aerospace Engineering
1,197 / 28,568
Archaeology
1,194 / 28,291
Electrical Engineering
1,141 / 20,795
Medicine
1,119 / 26,161
Chemical Engineering
1,111 / 33,475
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
1,092 / 17,908
Genetics
1,030 / 26,320
Physical chemistry
1,009 / 28,443
Political Science
999 / 21,047
Law
981 / 20,894
Philosophy
973 / 16,836
Mechanical Engineering
945 / 12,762
Statistics
911 / 24,002
Computer Vision
906 / 29,717
Telecommunications
852 / 16,463

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1991 90 731
1992 115 781
1993 116 803
1994 126 896
1995 109 904
1996 138 1044
1997 143 1164
1998 125 1354
1999 155 1600
2000 153 1780
2001 134 1947
2002 211 2405
2003 195 2792
2004 255 3275
2005 269 3719
2006 269 4368
2007 281 4746
2008 326 5709
2009 323 6497
2010 232 7141
2011 258 8203
2012 261 9334
2013 259 10287
2014 299 10879
2015 272 11380
2016 293 11822
2017 327 12128
2018 346 13358
2019 349 14566
2020 394 15172
2021 416 17125
2022 385 16784
2023 397 15710
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Notable alumni

  1. Conrad Hilton

    Conrad Hilton
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1887-1979 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    politicianentrepreneursocialite
    Biography

    Conrad Nicholson Hilton was an American businessman who founded the Hilton Hotels chain. From 1912 to 1916, Hilton was a Republican representative in the first New Mexico Legislature, but became disillusioned with the "inside deals" of politics. In 1919, he purchased his first hotel, the Mobley Hotel in Cisco, Texas, for $40,000, and subsequently capitalized on the oil boom. The rooms were rented out in 8 hour shifts. He continued to buy and sell hotels, and eventually established the world's first international hotel chain. When he died in 1979, he left the bulk of his estate to the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.

  2. Valerie Aurora

    Valerie Aurora
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1978-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    computer scientistwomen's rights activistengineer
    Biography

    Valerie Anita Aurora is an American software engineer and feminist activist. She was the co-founder of the Ada Initiative, a non-profit organization that sought to increase women's participation in the free culture movement, open source technology, and open source culture. Aurora is also known within the Linux community for advocating new developments in filesystems in Linux, including ChunkFS and the Union file system. Her birth name was Val Henson, but she changed it shortly before 2009, choosing her middle name after the computer scientist Anita Borg. In 2012, Aurora, and Ada Initiative co-founder Mary Gardiner were named two of the most influential people in computer security by SC Magazine. In 2013, she won the O'Reilly Open Source Award.

  3. Ibrahim Mohammad Bahr Alolom

    Ibrahim Mohammad Bahr Alolom
    Born in
    Iraq Flag Iraq
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    international forum participantpolitician
    Biography

    Sayyid Dr. Muhammad-Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloom is an Iraqi politician, academician, and petroleum expert. He has served twice as the Iraqi Minister of Oil. He first took the ministerial role as part of the cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraq Governing Council in September 2003 until June 2004. Bahraluloom went on to serve a second term as the minister in 2005 where he then submitted his resignation in protest against a governmental decision to increase the price of oil products by five folds.

  4. Terry Wallace

    Terry Wallace
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    geophysicist
    Biography

    Terry C. Wallace Jr. is an American geophysicist. He was the 11th director of Los Alamos National Laboratory and the president of Los Alamos National Security, LLC. He became director on January 1, 2018, succeeding Charles F. McMillan.

  5. Pauline Irène Nguene

    Pauline Irène Nguene
    Born in
    Cameroon Flag Cameroon
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Enrolled in New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
    Graduated with petroleum engineering
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Pauline Irene Nguene is a Cameroonian-born Petroleum Engineer. She is currently the Cameroon Minister of Social Affairs.

  6. Dave Thomas

    Dave Thomas
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    mathematicianphysicist
    Biography

    David E. Thomas is a scientist and software engineer best known for his scientific skepticism research and writings. He is a graduate of the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, and his skeptic work covers the Roswell and Aztec UFO sightings, the Bible code, global warming, the 9/11 Truth movement and chemtrails. Thomas is frequently published in Skeptical Inquirer magazine.

  7. Irene E. Ryan

    Irene E. Ryan
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1909-1997 (aged 88)
    Occupations
    politiciangeologist
    Biography

    Irene Esther Ryan was an American geologist, aviator, and legislator during Alaska's history as both a United States territory and as a U.S. state. She was a member of the Alaska Territorial House of Representatives and of the Alaska State Senate. She was instrumental in the creation of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which helped insure state revenue from oil and gas exploration done by outside entities.

  8. Elmore Morgenthaler

    Elmore Morgenthaler
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1922-1997 (aged 75)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Elmore Robert Morgenthaler was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Providence Steamrollers and the Philadelphia Warriors in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), among other franchises and leagues. Standing at 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m), Morgenthaler is officially recognized as the first seven-foot player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

  9. Larry Soderblom

    Larry Soderblom
    Years
    1944-.. (age 80)
    Enrolled in New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
    1962-1966 graduated with Bachelor of Science
    Occupations
    geophysicist
    Biography

    Laurence A. Soderblom is a geophysicist with the Astrogeology Science center at the United States Geological Survey in Flagstaff, Arizona, where he has served as Chief of the Branch of Astrogeology. Soderblom is best known for his work in imaging science.

General info

Alternative names NMT
New Mexico Tech
New Mexico School of Mines
Founded 1889
Colors silver, gold
Academic calendar August to May. Also Summer Session (June - August)
Total FTE staff 814
Carnegie classification Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs

Location and contacts

Address 801 Leroy Place
Socorro, New Mexico, 87801
United States
City population 9,000
Phone 8004288324

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