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New Mexico Tech

National Rankings

The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology ranks among the nation’s elite universities in academic value and quality of education.

College Factual

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For decades New Mexico Tech has been ranked among the top universities in the nation in science and engineering education.

2022-2023 Rankings

Niche.com

#1 Top Public University in New Mexico, #1 Best College in New Mexico
#9 Best Hispanic-Serving University in America
#34 Colleges with the Best Professors
#62 Best Small College in America

#72 Top Public University in America

New Mexico Tech was once again acknowledged by Niche.com's 2023 College Rankings as New Mexico's Best College, College with the Best Academics, Best Value College, and New Mexico's Top Public University. 

According to Niche's 2023 rankings, Tech also scores highly when compared to colleges across the nation: 

U.S. News and World Report

#5 Top Public College in the West
#18 Best Regional University, Western United States
#107 Top Performers for Social Mobility
#165 Best Engineering Programs

New Mexico Tech was once again ranked one of the top regional universities in the United States. In the 2023 U.S. News and World Report college rankings for the western United States, Tech was ranked the #5 Top Public College and #18 best Regional University in the Western U.S. NMT's undergraduate engineering programs were also ranked #165. New Mexico Tech was also ranked #107 for advancing social mobility for economically disadvantaged students. 

2021-2022 Rankings

Niche.com

#1 Top Public University in New Mexico
#12 Best Hispanic-Serving University in America
#52 Colleges with the Best Professors
#108 Top Public University in America

New Mexico Tech was once again acknowledged by Niche.com's 2022 College Rankings as New Mexico's Best College, College with the Best Academics, Best Value College, and New Mexico's Top Public University. 

According to Niche's 2022 rankings, Tech also scores highly when compared to colleges across the nation: 

U.S. News and World Report

#6 Top Public College in the West
#20 Best Regional University, Western United States
#112 Top Performers for Social Mobility
#162 Best Engineering Programs
#244 Best Undergraduate Computer Science

New Mexico Tech repeated its ranking as one of the top regional universities in the United States. In the 2022 U.S. News and World Report college rankings for the western United States, Tech was ranked the #20 best Regional University in the western U.S. NMT is also ranked #162 for "Best Engineering Programs."

New Mexico Tech was also ranked #112 for advancing social mobility for economically disadvantaged students. According to the latest rankings, Tech graduates earn a median salary of $65,700 upon graduation. 

CNBC

“These bachelor’s degrees from public colleges pay more than $100,000” CNBC

A CNBC story, "These bachelor’s degrees from public colleges pay more than $100,000," cites a study based on data from the U.S. Department of Education that looks at the bachelor’s degrees from public universities that pay an annual salary of at least $100,000 three years after completion and have a 100% employment rate. The story lists New Mexico Tech’s bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering as drawing a median salary of $103,706.00 after three years.

Intelligent.com
Intelligent.com recently ranked New Mexico Tech’s engineering management graduate program as the "Best for Synchronous Classes” in 2022 across the country. According to Intelligent.com, out of the top 56 Master’s in Engineering Management programs, Tech ranked 22nd overall. 

2022 National Science Foundation Rankings 

New Mexico Tech undergraduates are often as well-prepared for professional scientific careers as master’s graduates at other institutions, and are highly qualified for graduate education at prestigious universities. From astrophysics to petroleum recovery, NMT students are at the center of research innovation.

College Consensus

2020-2021 Rankings

U.S. News and World Report

New Mexico Tech repeated its ranking as one of the top regional universities in the United States. In the 2020 U.S. News and World Report college rankings for the western United States, Tech was tied for the #5 "Top Public College", and is ranked the #18 best Regional University in the western U.S. NMT is also ranked #161 for "Best Engineering Programs.

New Mexico Tech was also ranked #102 for advancing social mobility for economically disadvantaged students. According to the latest rankings, Tech graduates earn a median salary of $64,000 upon graduation. 

Niche.com

New Mexico Tech was once again acknowledged by Niche.com's 2021 College Rankings as New Mexico's Best College, College with the Best Academics, Best Value College, and New Mexico's Top Public University. Tech was also ranked the #4 Best Hispanic-Serving University in America.

Best Value Schools

Best Value Schools ranked New Mexico Tech's Mechanical Engineering Masters Degree Program as the #2 Masters program in the United States in 2021.

2019-2020 Rankings

CNBC

#21 Public University in the United States. - “The top 50 U.S. colleges that pay off the most in 2020,” CNBC

New Mexico Tech was ranked the No. 21 public university in the nation according to CNBC's article “The top 50 U.S. colleges that pay off the most in 2020.” CNBC spotlights the top 50 schools--25 public and 25 private--that provide students the highest average salaries for their tuition dollars.  CNBC ranked NMT among many high-profile public universities, such as University of Washington, Purdue, University of Michigan, Cal-Berkeley, and UCLA.

Zippia.com

The Best School in New Mexico to Start Your Career!

Zippia.com named Tech the top school in New Mexico for launching your career. Their research, titled “Best colleges in each state for getting a job in 2020,” identifies the universities that have the best employment statistics for recent graduates. Zippia's research placed a high importance on salary information and weighted employment statistics over salary data.

SmartAsset.com

New Mexico Tech was named New Mexico's best value university, and the 46th best value institute nationwide, in SmartAsset.com's Best Value Colleges rankings. According to the website, "the study compares schools based on a variety of data sources, including starting salary, tuition, living expenses, student retention rate and scholarships awarded."

OnlineSchoolReport.com

New Mexico Tech's online Master's in Mechanical Engineering program was recently ranked #23 nationwide ahead of the University of Washington (24), and Texas A&M (25).

Read more about the new rankings here!

College Factual

New Mexico Tech once again topped the College Factual rankings for the Best Values for a Degree in Physics, remaining #1 nationwide while the Materials Engineering program jumped to the #1 spot nationally in their Best Value category.

New Mexico Tech's engineering program was ranked in the Top 1% nationwide for ROI, and in the top 10% of all engineering programs across the U.S.

New Mexico Tech also scored in the Top 1% nationally in Physics and Engineering, and Top 5% in Computer and Information Sciences, Materials Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physical Sciences.

New Mexico Tech's Mechanical Engineering program is ranked #4 out of 268 US universities reviewed as “Best for the Money,” placing Tech in the Top 5% of all such programs in the USA.

Overall, Tech remained ranked #1 in New Mexico and #9 in the Southwest for getting the best education for your tuition.

Niche.com

Niche.com's 2020 College Rankings listed New Mexico Tech as New Mexico's Best College, College with the Best Academics, Best Value College, and New Mexico's Top Public University. 

According to Niche's 2020 rankings, Tech also scores highly when compared to colleges across the nation: 

2019 Rankings

Niche.com

New Mexico Tech was once again acknowledged by Niche.com's 2019 College Rankings as New Mexico's Best College, College with the Best Academics, Best Value College, and New Mexico's Top Public University. 

According to Niche's 2019 rankings, Tech also scores highly when compared to colleges across the nation: 

 

College Factual

New Mexico Tech once again topped the College Factual rankings for the Best Values for a Degree in Physics, remaining #1 nationwide while the Materials Engineering program jumped to the #1 spot nationally in their Best Value category.

New Mexico Tech's engineering program was ranked in the Top 1% nationwide for ROI, and in the top 10% of all engineering programs across the U.S.

New Mexico Tech also scored in the Top 1% nationally in Physics and Engineering, and Top 5% in Computer and Information Sciences, Materials Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physical Sciences.

New Mexico Tech's Mechanical Engineering program is ranked #4 out of 268 US universities reviewed as “Best for the Money,” placing Tech in the Top 5% of all such programs in the USA.

Overall, Tech remained ranked #1 in New Mexico and #9 in the Southwest for getting the best education for your tuition.

Kiplinger's Top 50 Public Colleges

New Mexico Tech was ranked the #44 Best Public College in the September 2019 issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance.

Forbes

New Mexico Tech continued to climb the Forbes "America's Best Value College" rankings, moving twenty spots up to #56 best value college in 2019! 

CNBC

In 2019, CNBC's "The top 50 US colleges that pay off the most" ranked New Mexico Tech the #13 best public university for graduates that ended up getting the highest salaries for their tuition dollars.  

U.S. News and World Report

New Mexico Tech repeated its ranking as one of the top regional universities in the United States. In the 2019 U.S. News and World Report college rankings for the western U.S., Tech was listed the #7 Top Public College, and tied for #35 for best Regional University in the Western U.S. Additionally, Tech was ranked #146 when compared to all of the higher education engineering programs in the U.S.


College Factual 2018

New Mexico Tech was named #1 nationwide in Engineering and Physics when it comes to the being the best college for your money.

Tech repeated its #1 ranking in Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering while remaining in the Top 2% among all universities in Computer Science and in the Top 2% in Physical Sciences.

New Mexico Tech also scored in the Top 1% nationally in Mathematics, Top 2% in Mathematics and Statistics, Top 2% in Computer and Information Sciences, and Top 5% in Electrical Engineering

Overall, Tech ranks #1 in New Mexico, #2 in the Southwest, and 31st nationally among all public universities for the best education for your tuition. 

College Factual 2017

Tech topped the College Factual rankings for Engineering and Physics, scoring #1 nationwide among all universities, #1 nationally in Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, #1 among all public universities in Computer Science, Physical Sciences and, #2 in both categories among all universities.

New Mexico Tech had five programs listed in the Top 10 and four in the Top 5 among College Factual's "Most Focused" rankings; its measure of how well a university focuses its available resources on a specific field of study.

Tech is ranked #1 among all public institutions and #4 overall in Physics. Tech is ranked #2 in Materials Engineering among all U.S. institutes of higher education, behind only the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Forbes

Forbes ranked New Mexico Tech #76 in the United States for America’s Best Value College in 2018

Tech was ranked #327 in America’s Top Colleges for 2018 ahead of the Rochester Institute of Technology (361),  University of Houston (369), Louisville (426), Oregon Institute of Technology (436), UNM (#563) and NMSU (#627)

CareerTrend.com

New Mexico Tech was ranked the 14th Hardest Working College in America, out of 1,731 four-year institutions. 

College Choice - 2018

College Choice ranked New Mexico Tech’s Petroleum Engineering Department #1 in the nation, ahead of programs at the Colorado School of Mines, Stanford, Penn State, and the University of Texas.

New Mexico Tech’s Masters of Engineering Management program was recently ranked #9 for education value, and #11 for quality education by College Choice.

Payscale.com

In 2018, PayScale ranks NMT #5 among all public universities on ROI by annual percentage (12.1%).

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Niche.com 2018

New Mexico Tech consistently tops Niche's statewide rankings for Best College, Best Value College, and New Mexico's Top Public Universities.

According to Niche, Tech also scored highly when compared to colleges across the nation: 

  • Top Public Universities: #71 of 666
  • Best Small Colleges: #76 of 1,002
  • Colleges with the Best Academics: #86 of 1,594
  • Hardest Colleges to Get Into: #80 of 1,671
  • Colleges with the Best Professors: #176 of 1,599 

College Consensus

New Mexico Tech is ranked in the Top 100 Best Public Colleges and Universities in the United States.

"According to the New York Times, a low-income student who graduates from New Mexico Tech has a 48% chance of becoming a wealthy adult – making NMT #10 in the nation for best chances of leaping upward in class."

Kiplingers 

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is ranked #21 in Kiplinger's list of Best Values in Public Colleges and is ranked 88 among all colleges.