University of
New Mexico-Taos Campus
Public Community College in Ranchos de Taos, NM. Six-year graduation rate 30%. Median 10-year earnings $44,792.
Students who entered University of New Mexico-Taos Campus land at a median of $44,792 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Completion is the weak point: 30% graduate within six years. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $18,450, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 30% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 30% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention is weak: only 55% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in five leave after one year. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. At 9:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 347 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $8,556 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price varies modestly by income — $8,480 at $0–30k against $16,135 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 86% of students get grant aid averaging $6,819, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 29% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 53 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $8,480 |
| $30–48k | $9,785 |
| $48–75k | $10,288 |
| $75–110k | $16,135 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 101 of these 347 students, totalling $188,179 — an average of $1,863 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Taos County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)