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Community college · Public

New Mexico Junior College

Hobbs, NM278 online only

New Mexico Junior College is a public community college in Hobbs, NM, with about 1,840 students on campus.

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Students on campus
1,840
plus 278 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$6,524
tuition and fees $1,440; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
58%
lower than at 59% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$34,233
lower than at 70% of U.S. colleges
In brief

The short version on New Mexico Junior College

A graduation gap for lower-income students

31% of students with Pell grants finish, against 58% overall, a gap of 27 points. 27% of undergraduates get Pell grants. Outcomes ↓

Most undergraduates are Hispanic

58% of New Mexico Junior College’s undergraduates are Hispanic. The students ↓

New Mexico Junior College is mostly about liberal arts

58% of the degrees New Mexico Junior College awards are in liberal arts; the next biggest field, culinary and personal services, is 10%. Majors ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students.

★ What stands out · Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
58%
within 3 years · Pell students 31%
Come back for year two
70%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$34,233
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$11,313
about $120 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

4.5%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$120 a month against about $2,679 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

37%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 33% 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

Lower incomeunder $30k
$33k
Middle income$30–75k
$40k
Higher incomeover $75k
$44k
Getting in

How hard is it to get into New Mexico Junior College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. New Mexico Junior College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $9,258 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $2,280

Tuition & fees (in state) $1,440Room & board $5,130Books & supplies $1,680Other costs $1,008

After grants, the average family on aid pays $6,524.

Tuition and fees are $1,440 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

$7,669

About $15,338 over 2 years · 17% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Liberal arts 58%Culinary & personal services 10%Public safety 10%Health professions 8%Education 4%Business 3%Everything else 7%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities198 graduates a year
$44k4 yrs out
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians14 graduates a year
$63k4 yrs out
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing14 graduates a year · typical debt $12,677
$86k4 yrs out
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods8 graduates a year
—not reported
Computer and Information Sciences, General3 graduates a year
—not reported
Criminal Justice and Corrections3 graduates a year
—not reported
Agriculture, General2 graduates a year
—not reported
Animal Sciences1 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

2,175 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 29%Hispanic 58%Black 6%Asian 1%Two or more 1%

Women and men

Women 66%Men 34%
18 : 1
students per teacher
27%
get Pell grants (lower income)
2%
take federal loans
22%
undergrads 25 or older
49%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Hobbs

6% of Hobbs’s 40,863 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Hobbs pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

Straight-line distances from New Mexico Junior College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

University of the SouthwestUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Hobbs · mostly online
1.2 mi290 students

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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. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.