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New Mexico Institute Tech

54% accepted | 1k undergrads | Public | Socorro, NM
All majors / fields

$76k

Earnings help
trending_up 12%

$19k

Debt help
46%

0.9

Repay help
76
Cropped pin image under Creative Commons license. Author TDBurleigh via Openverse (Flickr + Wikimedia).
New Mexico
Albuquerque-Santa Fe Metropolitan Area
Albuquerque, NM
Key metrics
Publisher ranking help
star star star_half star star
2.9
Student review help
star star star star_half star
3.7
Student-to-faculty
9:1
Graduation rate
 
56%
Graduate on time help
 
32%
Retention rate help
 
77%
Lifestyle Majors Campus Overview

Costs

State residency
Family income

Tuition & fees
trending_up 3.7% last 3 years

Expenses see detail

$16,142
QuestBridge help

Books & supplies

$800

Housing & meals
On campus

$9,614

Personal expenses

$5,728
 
 

Other

$
Costs or offsets to adjust sticker price.

Sticker price (COA) help
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Estimated aid help
Based on income

Estimated net cost

4-year net cost (x4)
Inflation adj. 3%

 
Personalize my costs. help
 
 
Funding Sources

4-year budget

$
College savings (529), earnings in college.

Funding gap (debt)

Merit: 81% of students (80% w/o need) get $9,110 (avg) in aid. Need: 88% met. See detail
Aid detail
Residency: US | Int’l
% undergrads awarded merit aid $ merit award help % need met
All students Without need Average With need
81% 80% $9,110 88%
Need methodology: FM
How is merit calc'd?
emoji_objects Merit aid is based on student academics, not financial need and is paid by the college.
emoji_objects Students awarded merit aid often have a high GPA or test scores near or above the 75th percentile. See scores
Endowment $ / student: $44,648 help
nmt.edu: Financial aid | Net price calc
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Net price is for all freshman, not just the 99% that receive grant and scholarship aid. Estimated aid for out-of-state freshman excludes all state/local government grant or scholarships. help

Earnings

Major

Earnings after 4 years N/A

$76,489

Real earnings ---
Inflation adj. 8% help

$82,608

Tax rate

%
Get earnings after tax here to adjust rate.
 

Earnings after tax (AT)

Select repayment plan

For funding gap (debt)
Debt detail

% AT earnings to repay debt
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%
20% is a fast repayment level. help

% interest rate on debt

%
Federal rates with 20% PLUS. help
Plan comparison for debt help

10-yr repay
 

25-yr repay
 

% earnings
 

Annual debt repayment

Earnings after tax and debt ---

Lifestyle

Postgrad earnings and expenses

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Major:
Location adjusted Less tax, debt + cost of living Savings
Ratio Earnings Tax Repay Expenses / Deficit
New Mexico Institute Tech 0.89x
Location neutral earnings help 1.00x
ABQ | Albuquerque, NM 0.84x -30k = 
ABQ | Albuquerque, NM 0.84x -30k = 
DEN | Denver, CO 1.18x -37k = 
HOU | Houston, TX 0.96x -32k = 
= 
emoji_objects Location adjusted earnings - taxes - debt repay - cost of living expenses = ending savings / deficit.
emoji_objects The colleges’ ratio reflects a weighted average of their graduates’ cost of living. Location neutral earnings is the weighted average of all graduates across all colleges, which is ~$39k or Salt Lake City’s cost of living.
Taxes help

Expenses

Grad destination

Popular grad destinations

New Mexico
Albuquerque-Santa Fe Metropolitan Area
Albuquerque, NM
Socorro, NM
Texas
California
Colorado
Denver Metropolitan Area
Greater Houston
Arizona
Washington

Earnings after tax and debt ---

Cost of living | 1 adult, 0 children

Studio apartment
$690 - $1,240/mo help

$8,280

Grocery shopping help

$3,221

Transportation

$9,490

Healthcare

$3,476

Necessities help

$3,867

Entertainment help

$1,547
 

Other

$
Costs or offsets to adjust cost of living.

Total cost of living

Earnings after tax, debt + cost of living
Savings
Deficit

Cost of living ratio: 0.84x
Methodology and documentation
Costs help
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