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Community college · Public

Mesalands Community College

Tucumcari, NM32 online only

Mesalands Community College is a public community college in Tucumcari, NM, with about 450 students on campus.

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Students on campus
450
plus 32 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$9,445
tuition and fees $2,136; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
42%
lower than at 76% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$32,272
lower than at 75% of U.S. colleges
In brief

Mesalands Community College, in brief

Mesalands Community College is mostly about engineering technology

83% of the degrees Mesalands Community College awards are in engineering technology; the next biggest field, liberal arts, is 11%. Majors ↓

Many students are adults coming back to school

55% of undergraduates are 25 or older, and 79% study part-time. Graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students, so they leave many of these students out. The students ↓

Mesalands Community College is very small

About 450 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 ↓

Men outnumber women about two to one

70% of undergraduates are men and 30% are women. The students ↓

The only college for 30 miles

No other degree-granting college with students on campus is within 30 miles of Mesalands Community College. Nearby ↓

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; at a college this small, rates can swing from year to year.

★ What stands out · Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Engineering tech 83%Liberal arts 11%Health professions 2%Precision production 2%Business 1%Public administration & social work 1%

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 Humanities21 graduates a year
$30k4 yrs out
Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians6 graduates a year
$40k4 yrs out
Animal Sciences4 graduates a year
—not reported
Fine and Studio Arts4 graduates a year
—not reported
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods2 graduates a year
—not reported
Health Aides/Attendants/Orderlies2 graduates a year
—not reported
Business Administration, Management and Operations2 graduates a year
—not reported
Agricultural Business and Management1 graduates a year
—not reported
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Mesalands Community College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Mesalands Community College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $15,975 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $3,408

Tuition & fees (in state) $2,136Books & supplies $1,700Other costs $12,139

After grants, the average family on aid pays $9,445.

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

$6,353

About $12,706 over 2 years · 60% off the sticker price

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

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
42%
within 3 years · Pell students 12%
Come back for year two
62%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$32,272
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
—

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Who goes there

The students

411 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 40%Hispanic 50%Black 5%Asian 1%

Women and men

Women 30%Men 70%
12 : 1
students per teacher
17%
get Pell grants (lower income)
2%
take federal loans
55%
undergrads 25 or older
79%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Tucumcari

5% of Tucumcari’s 5,082 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Tucumcari pages.

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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.