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Highlands, Eastern ranked among most affordable colleges
New Mexico Highlands University
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As college gets more and more expensive, two New Mexico universities are standing out in the crowd for making it more affordable.
New Mexico Highlands University was ranked No. 28 nationally among the 100 Most Affordable Online Colleges for 2024 by College Consensus, a higher-education evaluator. The school was also ranked No. 86 by the same organization in the 100 Most Affordable Colleges and Universities for 2024 category.
Meanwhile, Eastern New Mexico University was ranked the No. 39 most affordable college or university.
Highlands officials said the university has several programs that make it an affordable option. Those include the school’s Center for Excellence in Social Work, The Native American Social Work Studies Institute, The Institute for Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Learning and Teaching and New Mexico’s only accredited forestry program.
Recently, two of the school’s professors received national attention for discovering a new species of anaconda.
“This ranking highlights the value of a New Mexico Highlands University education,” President Sam Minner said in a statement. “But NMHU equally represents a quality education because of our outstanding academic programs, a vast array of student support services we provide to help shepherd our students from their first day on campus to completing their degree, and an engaged administration, faculty, and staff.”
