Student Population at New Mexico Junior

Total Enrollment

2,235 (all undergraduate)

Undergraduate

2,235

Online Enrollment

426

Men Students

768

Women Students

1,467

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 2,235 students have enrolled at New Mexico Junior College (all undergraduate).

By gender, 768 male and 1,467 female students are attending New Mexico Junior College. By attendance status, there are 1,099 full-time students and 1,136 part-time students.

The number of students at New Mexico Junior College is small compared to Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in New Mexico.

New Mexico Junior College offers online degree/certificate programs and 426 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares New Mexico Junior's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Public, 2-4 Years Colleges, 2-4 Years Colleges, and Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in New Mexico.

The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in New Mexico average (3,389 students).

	Total	Undergraduate
New Mexico Junior College	2,235	2,235
All Colleges	2,931	2,685
Public, 2-4 Years Colleges	5,796	5,801
2-4 Years Colleges	3,035	3,125
Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in New Mexico	3,389	3,389

The below chart compares the student population between New Mexico Junior College and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 768 male and 1,467 female students attending New Mexico Junior. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.52 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at New Mexico Junior.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at New Mexico Junior
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	2,235	1,099	1,136
Men	768	430	338
Women	1,467	669	798

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 1,292 Hispanic students (57.81%) and 644 White students (28.81%) at New Mexico Junior College(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at New Mexico Junior College.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at New Mexico Junior College
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	16	7	9
Asian	33	13	20
Black or African American	129	56	73
Hispanic	1,292	394	898
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	8	5
White	644	239	405
Two or More Races	11	8	3
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	95	42	53
Total	2,235	768	1,467

Online Student Population

At New Mexico Junior College, 1,312 students (58.70% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 426 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 346 students live in New Mexico where New Mexico Junior College is located in and 65 students have enrolled from other states.