New Mexico State University-Dona Ana

Las Cruces, NM · Public · 5,177 undergrads · website ↗

77% Hispanic undergrads
No application fee
Open admission

This is a regional campus of a university, not a standalone community college. Students here often “transfer” to the main campus, which inflates the rate below relative to a true community college.

Does anyone get out?

The point of starting here is finishing somewhere else. This is how often that happens.

Not published

This college doesn't report a transfer rate to the Department of Education. That means unknown — not zero. Ask them directly.

Completed after transferring: not published
Still enrolled after transferring: 2.5%

What it costs

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	$5,475
$30,000 – $48,000	$5,904
$48,000 – $75,000	$7,663
$75,000 – $110,000	$10,624
Over $110,000	$13,381
All incomes (average)	$6,048

Sticker tuition and fees: $2,322 in-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use New Mexico State University-Dona Ana's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

Net price calculator ↗

Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$14,784
Books and supplies	$1,290
Other expenses, off campus	$4,592

Outcomes

Completion rate: 19%
Students with Pell grants: 35%
Earnings @ 10yr: $39,067
Median debt: $17,095

Admission and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Open admission
Application fee: None
Students per faculty member: 21 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 33%

What students study

Health & Nursing22%

Computer Science12%

Business9%

Education8%

Criminal Justice5%

Visual & Performing Arts2%

Architecture1%

Communications & Media0%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Associate degrees (9)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	421	$28,705	$39,985national $44,125	$7,750
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	51	$61,644	$68,291national $65,389	$9,000
Business/Commerce, General	47	$32,715	$42,773national $49,927	$6,250
Criminal Justice and Corrections	42	$30,879	$35,798national $46,706	$9,250
Data Processing	41	$38,963	$53,247national $51,859	—
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	39	$80,400	$84,961national $80,813	$11,075
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	35	$27,406	$37,514national $37,656	$4,500
Precision Metal Working	17	—	$39,299national $56,451	—
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians	8	$28,775	—national $58,424	—

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 83 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed. These figures are calculated for all 4 campuses that share this college's federal student-aid ID, so a branch campus shows its institution's figures.

Best transfer rates elsewhere in NM

Northern New Mexico CollegeEspanola19.8%

Contact and accreditation

Address: 2800 N. Sonoma Ranch Blvd., Las Cruces, NM 88011
Phone: (575) 528-7000
Institutional accreditor: Higher Learning Commission

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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Transfer rate is the share of entrants transferring to a four-year institution; it is published for roughly a third of community colleges, and a blank means unpublished rather than zero. Which specific credits transfer is set by agreements between individual institutions and is not published nationally — confirm with both colleges before enrolling.

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