New Mexico Highlands University Student Population

Population By Gender/Attending Status

For academic year 2022-2023, total 2,677 students enrolled into New Mexico Highlands University. 1,625 enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,052 students enrolled in graduate programs. By attending status. there are 1,597 full-time and 1,080 part-time students. By gender, 837 male and 1,840 female students are attending at New Mexico Highlands University. Next table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for New Mexico Highlands University.

Gender Distribution
Attending Status

Student Population By Gender
New Mexico Highlands University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,677	837	1,840
Undergraduate	1,625	578	1,047
Graduate	1,052	259	793

Student Population By Attending Status
New Mexico Highlands University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	2,677	1,597	1,080
Undergraduate	1,625	987	638
Graduate	1,052	610	442

Population by Race/Ethnicity

Next tables summarize the students population by race/ethnicity at New Mexico Highlands University.

There are 551 White (20.58%), 119 Black/African American (4.45%), 1,445 Hispanic (53.98%), 17 Asian (0.64%), and 545 students with other races.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at New Mexico Highlands University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,677	837	1,840
American Indian/Native American	269	50	219
Asian	17	2	15
Black/African American	119	85	34
Hispanic	1,445	434	1,011
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	3	3
White	551	168	383
Two More	73	25	48
Un-Known	62	23	39

Undergraduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity at New Mexico Highlands University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,625	578	1,047
American Indian/Native American	153	24	129
Asian	9	1	8
Black/African American	96	75	21
Hispanic	972	337	635
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	2	0
White	256	89	167
Two More	42	19	23
Un-Known	27	11	16

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity at New Mexico Highlands University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,052	259	793
American Indian/Native American	116	26	90
Asian	8	1	7
Black/African American	23	10	13
Hispanic	473	97	376
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	1	3
White	295	79	216
Two More	31	6	25
Un-Known	35	12	23

Online Student Population

New Mexico Highlands University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for both undergraduate and graduate programs. 1,124 students (41.99% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 1,000 students (37.36% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. Next table summarizes the online student population for New Mexico Highlands University.

Distance Learning Student Population at New Mexico Highlands University
	Total	Enrolled Exclusively	Enrolled Some Courses	Not In Online Courses
Total	2,677	1,124	1,000	553
Undergraduate	1,625	529	680	416
Graduate	1,052	595	320	137

Population by Student Age

The following table summarizes the students population by age at New Mexico Highlands University. 640 students are aged 20 to 24 (23.91% of total students), 384 students are aged below 20 (14.34%), 241 students are aged above 50 (9.00%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at New Mexico Highlands University.

Student Population By Age at New Mexico Highlands University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,677	837	1,840
Under 18	60	21	39
Age 18-19	324	148	176
Age 20-21	267	115	152
Age 22-24	373	163	210
Age 25-29	386	118	268
Age 30-34	339	79	260
Age 35-39	278	49	229
Age 40-49	404	75	329
Age 50-64	190	43	147
Over 64	51	24	27
Age Un-Known	5	2	3

Undergraduate Student Population By Age at New Mexico Highlands University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,625	578	1,047
Under 18	60	21	39
Age 18-19	323	148	175
Age 20-21	258	115	143
Age 22-24	248	126	122
Age 25-29	164	58	106
Age 30-34	143	32	111
Age 35-39	137	24	113
Age 40-49	184	30	154
Age 50-64	76	12	64
Over 64	27	10	17
Age Un-Known	5	2	3

Graduate Student Population By Age at New Mexico Highlands University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,052	259	793
Age 18-19	1	0	1
Age 20-21	9	0	9
Age 22-24	125	37	88
Age 25-29	222	60	162
Age 30-34	196	47	149
Age 35-39	141	25	116
Age 40-49	220	45	175
Age 50-64	114	31	83
Over 64	24	14	10

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