Santa Fe Standard

In-state tuition and fees fell 5.8 percent for 2018-19 at the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Campus, according to recent data from the U.S. Department of Education.

New Mexico residents paid $2,096 to attend the two-year public institution this year – $128 less than the $2,224 charged for 2017-18.

Non-resident students would have paid 166.6 percent more than residents this year, or $5,588. Non-resident tuition and fees were unchanged from $5,588 in 2017-18.

About 96 percent of the school's undergraduate population are New Mexico residents. And about 1 percent are citizens of other countries.

Data shows 84 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 59 students received grants or scholarships totaling $183,294 and 4 students took out student loans totaling more than $21,783.

Including all undergraduates (871), 412 students used grants or scholarships totaling $2.1 million, and 213 students took out $1.8 million in federal student loans.

	Enrollment	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	Change in tuition and fees 2015-16 to 2018-19
In-state	~836	$2,032	$2,152	$2,224	$2,096	3.1%

The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Campus in 2015-16.

Type of Aid	Number of students receiving aid	Percent receiving aid	Total amount of aid received	Average amount of aid per student
Federal grants	24	34%	$114,366	$4,765
State / local grant or scholarship	50	71%	$63,251	$1,265
Institutional grants or scholarships	11	16%	$5,677	$516
Grant or scholarship aid total	59	84%	$183,294	$3,107
Federal student loans	4	6%	$21,783	$5,446
Other student loans	0	0%	$0	-
Student loan aid	4	6%	$21,783	$5,446
Total student aid	59	84%	-	-