Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque is 14.4 miles from San Antonito
No college sits inside San Antonito’s boundary, but Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque’s campus in Albuquerque, with 708 students on campus, is 14.4 miles from the center of town, and Central New Mexico Community College is 17 miles away in Albuquerque. About 0% of San Antonito’s residents are enrolled in college, below 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 San Antonito. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from San Antonito
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of San Antonito
One private college within 14.4 miles. The nearest public four-year college, University of New Mexico, is 16.2 miles away.
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 San Antonito’s median household income ($51,898) 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: Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque (2); University of New Mexico (5).
Questions about college near San Antonito
Is San Antonito a college town?
No. About 0 of every 100 San Antonito residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below New Mexico (6). The nearest campus, Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque, is 14.4 miles away in Albuquerque.
What colleges are near San Antonito?
Within 15 miles: Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque (14.4 miles, 708 students on campus).
What is the closest community college to San Antonito, and what does it cost?
Central New Mexico Community College in Albuquerque, 17 miles away. Tuition and fees are $2,060 a year for New Mexico residents; the federal net price, $4,621, 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.
Neighbors talk college
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
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 San Antonito. 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 →