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New Mexico: Almanac 2012

August 26, 2012

DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 36	2,059,179	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	7.0%	6.5%
5 to 14	13.8%	13.3%
15 to 19	7.3%	7.1%
20 to 24	6.9%	7.0%
25 to 44	25.0%	26.6%
45 to 64	26.7%	26.4%
65 and older	13.2%	13.0%

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DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 36	2,059,179	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	7.0%	6.5%
5 to 14	13.8%	13.3%
15 to 19	7.3%	7.1%
20 to 24	6.9%	7.0%
25 to 44	25.0%	26.6%
45 to 64	26.7%	26.4%
65 and older	13.2%	13.0%
Racial and ethnic distribution:
American Indian	9.4%	0.9%
Asian	1.4%	4.8%
Black	2.1%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
White	68.4%	72.4%
More than one race	3.7%	2.9%
Hispanic (may be any race)	46.3%	16.3%
Other	15.0%	6.2%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level):
8th grade or less	7.9%	6.2%
Some high school, no diploma	9.4%	8.7%
High-school diploma	27.2%	29.0%
Some college, no degree	23.1%	20.6%
Associate degree	7.2%	7.5%
Bachelor’s degree	14.6%	17.6%
Master’s degree	7.4%	7.2%
Doctoral degree	1.7%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.7%	2.0%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home:
	35.8%	20.0%
Per capita personal income:
State rank: 44	$34,575	$41,663
Poverty rate:
	20.4%	15.3%
New public-high-school graduates:
Estimated for 2012-13	17,570	2,912,480
Projected change from 2007-8 to 2020-21	4.2%	-0.6%
New GED diploma recipients:
	5,163	434,126

FINANCE
	State:	Nation:
Average tuition and fees:
At public 4-year institutions	$5,021	$7,136
At public 2-year institutions	$1,462	$2,439
At private 4-year institutions	$14,996	$22,771
State funds for higher-education operating expenses:
	$798,972,305	$72,543,813,412
One-year change:	-5.7%	-7.5%
State spending on student aid:
Need-based grants	$26,477,000	$6,543,322,000
Non-need-based grants	$64,741,000	$2,698,392,000
Nongrant aid	$9,727,000	$1,813,221,000
Total	$100,946,000	$11,054,934,000
Total spending on research and development by colleges and universities:
	$422,868,000	$61,234,893,000
One-year change	-5.3%	6.9%
Sources of research financing:
Federal government	68.5%	61.2%
State and local governments	6.0%	6.3%
Industry	3.3%	5.2%
Nonprofit	0.9%	6.1%
Institution itself	19.0%	19.4%
Other	2.3%	1.7%
Share of research spending for specific fields:
Engineering	30.2%	15.3%
Environmental sciences	3.7%	4.9%
Life sciences	38.1%	57.0%
Math and computer sciences	3.2%	3.7%
Physical sciences	11.7%	7.6%
Psychology	2.4%	1.8%
Social sciences	2.0%	3.3%
Other sciences	5.0%	1.9%
Fields other than science and engineering	3.7%	4.7%
Largest endowment:
University of New Mexico and Foundation	$349,145,455
Top fund raisers:
University of New Mexico main campus	$65,881,518
New Mexico State University main campus	$10,873,439
St. John’s College	$9,256,019

THE PROFESSION
	State:	Nation:
Average pay of full-time professors
Public doctoral institutions:
Professor	$94,635	$112,647
Associate professor	$69,948	$78,804
Assistant professor	$61,162	$67,236
All	$73,452	$81,647
Public master’s institutions:
Professor	$62,267	$87,677
Associate professor	$55,033	$70,215
Assistant professor	$47,025	$59,511
All	$52,612	$68,178
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions:
Professor	n/a	$133,973
Associate professor	n/a	$86,108
Assistant professor	n/a	$72,242
All	n/a	$95,028
Private nonprofit master’s institutions:
Professor	n/a	$82,002
Associate professor	n/a	$66,466
Assistant professor	n/a	$55,352
All	$79,473	$65,735
Other 4-year institutions:
Public	$48,596	$61,039
Private nonprofit	n/a	$65,697
2-year colleges:
Public	$47,492	$62,301
Private nonprofit	n/a	$46,347

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment:
Undergraduate	148,076	18,078,672
Graduate and professional	14,576	2,937,454
At public 4-year institutions	63,898	7,924,771
At public 2-year institutions	86,958	7,218,038
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	1,120	3,822,260
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	n/a	32,660
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	7,360	1,588,220
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	3,316	430,177
Total	162,652	21,016,126
Public institutions	93%	72%
4-year institutions	44%	63%
2-year institutions	56%	37%
Degrees awarded:
Associate	5,234	849,452
Bachelor’s	7,774	1,650,014
Master’s	3,057	693,025
Doctorate	544	158,558
Residence of new students:
State: State residents made up 85% of all freshmen enrolled in New Mexico in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 87% of all New Mexico residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.
Nation: 81% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.
Graduation rates at public 4-year institutions:
All	40.6%	56.0%
Men	35.4%	53.0%
Women	45.0%	58.5%
American Indian	21.1%	37.0%
Asian	45.3%	66.3%
Black	32.0%	38.3%
Hispanic	37.1%	47.8%
White	46.2%	58.9%

ACCESS AND EQUITY
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment highlights:
American Indian	14,220	196,374
Asian	2,837	1,218,118
Black	5,274	3,038,751
Pacific Islander	287	64,046
Hispanic	71,260	2,741,448
White	63,058	12,722,549
Foreign	3,708	709,565
Two or more races	2,008	325,275
Total	162,652	21,016,126
Women	57.3%	57.0%
Minority	59.0%	36.1%
Underrepresented minority	55.8%	28.4%
Foreign	2.3%	3.4%
Full-time	52.8%	62.2%
Test scores:
State: Students averaged 19.9 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 75% of New Mexico’s high-school seniors.
Nation: Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1500 on the SAT.

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
	State:	Nation:
Number of institutions:
Public 4-year institutions	8	678
Public 2-year institutions	20	978
Private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	3	1,543
Private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	0	87
Private 4-year institutions, for-profit	8	649
Private 2-year institutions, for-profit	5	664
Total	44	4,599
Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP:
None
Institutions under NCAA sanctions:
None