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Western New Mexico University

1000 W. College Ave, Silver City, NM 88061 · Public 4-year · (505) 538-6336 · School website

Average net price

$8,522

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

2023-24, IPEDS

Students with Pell

43.5%

share of undergraduates, Scorecard

Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Higher Learning Commission Credit for military training (IPEDS) Open admission (IPEDS) On New Mexico's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025)

Career programs at Western New Mexico University

Western New Mexico University reported 59 certificate and associate completions in 1 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in welding (59). College Scorecard counts 2,026 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr	Funding and results
Welding	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	59	Not published

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at Western New Mexico University

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $7,856
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $7,868
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS: $14,342
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $900
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $8,522
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs: $23,000
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $39,095

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

Western New Mexico University net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)
Veterans and military page (link from IPEDS)

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.

More Western New Mexico University programs on the WIOA list

People who meet WIOA's rules for training services can have their local workforce board pay for a program on the state's eligible training provider list. Limits vary by area. How WIOA training funds work.

Listed program	Tuition and fees	Length	Completed	Employed, 2nd quarter	Median earnings, 2nd quarter	Students who exited
CNA - Certified Nursing AssistantCertified Nurse Aide (C.N.A.) · In person · CIP 51.3902	$1,966+ $328 books	6 weeks, 25 hours a week	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171): programs on state lists as of June 30, 2025; outcomes for all students who exited between July 2021 and June 2025, not only WIOA-funded ones. Median earnings are one quarter's pay in the second quarter after exit. Suppressed means DOL withheld the figure (a small group, nothing reported, or a data quality hold); for length it can also mean a competency-based program. IPEDS does not list these program types at this campus. Matched to Western New Mexico University by provider name and place, by DOL's provider ID, or as another site of the school (its exact name or website, the only match in the state; "Listed at" names that site's town).