The University of New Mexico-Valencia County Campus is 4.4 miles from El Cerro Mission
No college sits inside El Cerro Mission’s boundary, but the University of New Mexico-Valencia County Campus’s campus in Los Lunas, with 467 students on campus, is 4.4 miles from the center of town. About 6% of El Cerro Mission’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Mexico (6%).
From the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard, June 2026; IPEDS fall 2023 enrollment) and the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–24. Straight-line distances from the center of El Cerro Mission. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from El Cerro Mission
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of El Cerro Mission
It is public. Every other college is more than 15 miles from El Cerro Mission.
Degree-granting colleges with 100 or more students on campus (fall 2023 enrollment, minus students who study only online). Admitted: share of applicants offered a place. Net price: the average a year after grants, for students on federal aid. Graduate: within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting.
What would your family pay?
The average a year after grants, for families on federal aid, at the colleges within 15 miles and the nearest public four-year college. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $48–75k, where El Cerro Mission’s median household income ($49,470) falls.
The average a year after grants and scholarships, for first-time, full-time students on federal aid, from the College Scorecard. Your own price depends on your aid package; every college has a net price calculator. For community colleges the net price counts housing and food at full cost, so tuition is shown beside it. “—”: not reported for that income.
Do students finish, and does it pay?
Each dot is a college: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting.
Graduation: first-time, full-time students within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 years (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting, for students who got federal aid. *Reported for all the campuses that file together: University of New Mexico-Valencia County Campus (5); University of New Mexico (5).
Questions about college near El Cerro Mission
Is El Cerro Mission a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 El Cerro Mission residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as New Mexico (6). The nearest campus, the University of New Mexico-Valencia County Campus, is 4.4 miles away in Los Lunas.
What colleges are near El Cerro Mission?
Within 15 miles: the University of New Mexico-Valencia County Campus (4.4 miles, 467 students on campus).
What is the closest community college to El Cerro Mission, and what does it cost?
University of New Mexico-Valencia County Campus in Los Lunas, 4.4 miles away. Tuition and fees are $1,878 a year for New Mexico residents; the federal net price, $5,714, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does the University of New Mexico cost if we live in New Mexico?
Tuition and fees are $10,140 a year in-state and $33,060 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $11,938 (under $30,000 income) to $19,053 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
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Colleges: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023 enrollment). “On campus” is fall enrollment minus students who study only online. Distances are straight-line from the center of El Cerro Mission. Residents in college, age, rent and poverty (including poverty without college students, table B14006): U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24. Colleges are described, not graded; the College town label marks towns where 15% or more of residents are enrolled. How TownRatings describes colleges →