Engineering at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

New Mexico Tech is located in Socorro, New Mexico and approximately 1,686 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 136 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from New Mexico Tech.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

New Mexico Tech Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

New Mexico Tech Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering programs across the country. The following shows how New Mexico Tech performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at New Mexico Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Engineering Schools	15
Most Focused Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	17
Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	138
Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	155
	170
Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	175
Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	179
Most Popular Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	182
Best Value Engineering Schools	201
Most Popular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	231
Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	247
	303

In 2021, 46 students received their master’s degree in engineering from New Mexico Tech. This makes it the #183 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #196 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at New Mexico Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

New Mexico Tech Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 136 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in engineering from New Mexico Tech in 2021, 74% were men and 26% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at New Mexico Tech since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	60
White	60
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

New Mexico Tech Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 46 students who earned a master's degree in Engineering from New Mexico Tech in 2020-2021, 78% were men and 22% were women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	17
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

New Mexico Tech also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 6 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	65
Electrical Engineering	29
Petroleum Engineering	24
Chemical Engineering	19
Materials Engineering	19
Mining Engineering	12
Environmental Engineering	11
Civil Engineering	9

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Engineering Technologies
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Computer & Information Sciences

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NM, the home state for New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Engineers	2,010	$114,790
Physicists	1,770	$149,910
Systems Software Developers	1,690	$94,690
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,590	$163,260
Electrical Engineers	1,470	$113,050

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Atomic Energy505 under License

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