New Mexico State University-Grants
New Mexico State University-Grants is a public community college in Grants, NM, with about 144 students on campus. Price, graduation and earnings figures on this page count online students too.
The short version on New Mexico State University-Grants
New Mexico State University-Grants is nearly free for lower-income families
Families earning under $30,000 pay about $248 a year after grants. Families earning $48,000–75,000 pay about $846. What it costs ↓
A lower graduation rate than at most 2-year colleges
Only 26% of students graduate within three years, fewer than at 94% of 2-year colleges. 58% of first-year students come back for a second year. Outcomes ↓
New Mexico State University-Grants is very small
About 144 students attend on campus. With classes this small, a handful of students can move the graduation rate from one year to the next. The students ↓
The only college for 30 miles
No other degree-granting college with students on campus is within 30 miles of New Mexico State University-Grants. Nearby ↓
Rent in Grants is below the state median
Median rent in Grants is $783 a month, 27% below the state median. Living in Grants ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; earnings, debt and repayment are reported for the whole 4-campus system; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students; at a college this small, rates can swing from year to year.
The sticker price, and what families really pay
Sticker price: $8,514 a year
Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $4,272
After grants, the average family on aid pays $68.
Tuition and fees are $2,136 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.
Your family’s price
Average net price after grants, by family income
About $1,692 over 2 years · 90% off the sticker price
How hard is it to get into New Mexico State University-Grants?
anyone with a high school diploma can enroll
Test scores of admitted students
No SAT or ACT ranges reported. New Mexico State University-Grants is likely test-optional.
Do students finish, and does it pay off?
Debt vs. the paycheck
The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting (whole college system)
$181 a month against about $2,747 a month in pay.
Paying back loans
Federal student loans, whole college system
of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 50% of U.S. colleges.
Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).
Earnings by family background
Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment (whole college system)
What students study, and what it pays
Share of degrees by field
Associate degree programs with the most graduates
And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported); reported for the whole college system.
The students
356 degree-seeking undergraduates.
By race and ethnicity
Women and men
Living in Grants
5% of Grants’s 8,933 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Grants pages.
Ask around
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid and are reported for the whole 4-campus system. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.