Federal enrolment data · Fall 2023 · New Mexico
Online colleges in New Mexico
Across the 32 New Mexico colleges the federal government holds distance-education figures for, 32,747 students (30%) were enrolled entirely at a distance in Fall 2023, and 64% took at least one distance course. 16 of those colleges enrol at least a quarter of their students that way; they are listed below, largest online intake first.
Colleges with federal figures
32
In New Mexico
Students studying entirely online
32,747
30% of the 107,631 enrolled at those colleges
Took at least one distance course
64%
Fully online plus part-distance study
Colleges on the list below
16
At least 25% of students studying entirely online AND at least 50 of them. CampusPin thresholds, not federal categories.
Why your state still matters for online study
Distance study has no postcode, but the price and the paperwork do. Most public institutions charge residents less than non-residents, including for online courses at many of them, and states authorise which out-of-state institutions may enrol their residents at all. Starting from the colleges in New Mexico is therefore usually starting from the cheaper and simpler end, which is the only sense in which an online college is “in” a state.
New Mexico colleges where students actually study online
Every New Mexico college where at least 25% of students were enrolled entirely at a distance and at least 50students did so, ordered by how many. Share alone would let a twenty-student campus open the list ahead of a community college teaching thousands at a distance. It is a measurement of enrolment, not a ranking, and nobody paid to be on it.
7,474 of 19,067 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 5,590 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $1,934 in-state / $8,366 out-of-state.
3,356 of 5,386 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,151 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $6,863 in-state / $8,843 out-of-state.
2,795 of 6,849 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,117 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $2,322 in-state / $6,360 out-of-state.
2,182 of 6,196 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,130 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $1,790 in-state / $4,985 out-of-state.
1,371 of 2,814 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,012 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $7,260 in-state / $12,180 out-of-state.
1,317 of 3,478 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 787 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $2,145 in-state / $4,995 out-of-state.
1,268 of 3,570 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,341 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $7,868 in-state / $14,354 out-of-state.
842 of 1,309 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 257 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $1,878 in-state / $5,130 out-of-state.
744 of 1,034 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 247 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $16,670 in-state.
693 of 1,088 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 239 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $2,616 in-state / $6,072 out-of-state.
690 of 834 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 94 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $2,136 in-state / $4,272 out-of-state.
656 of 2,044 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 550 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $2,256 in-state / $5,616 out-of-state.
450 of 1,310 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 385 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $6,400 in-state / $14,328 out-of-state.
266 of 757 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 150 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $1,202 in-state / $3,050 out-of-state.
254 of 745 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 310 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $1,372 in-state / $2,644 out-of-state.
150 of 376 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 116 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $2,214 in-state / $5,686 out-of-state.
Tuition shown is the published institution-wide rate, not the price of an online programme. Many colleges price online study on a separate schedule, and some charge a single rate regardless of where the student lives, so treat them as headline figures for the institution and confirm the online rate with the institution.
What this list is not
- It is not the complete set of your options. It counts students, not programmes. A college below the threshold may run an excellent online degree that few students happened to take exclusively that term, and residents of New Mexico can enrol with institutions anywhere.
- It is not a ranking. A high share describes how an institution enrols, not how good it is. Some of the largest shares belong to institutions worth reading carefully before applying, which is why every row links to the full profile with cost, debt and graduation figures.
- It is one term. These are Fall 2023 enrolments, on the federal reporting cycle.
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Source & methodology
Enrolment figures are from the U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS Fall Enrollment (distance education status), Fall 2023. Published tuition and control are from CampusPin's committed institution snapshot. Federal data is public domain; credit the U.S. Department of Education.
Distance-education figures count STUDENTS enrolled in Fall 2023, not programs on offer. "Exclusively at a distance" means a student took only distance courses that term. A college with few or no such students may still run online courses or an online degree, so a low figure is not evidence that online study is unavailable, and a high one is not a judgement of quality either way.
Suggested citation
CampusPin. (2026). Online study at New Mexico colleges. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/online-colleges-in/new-mexico
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