Research expenditures by university in New Mexico, FY2024

6 institutions in New Mexico reported to the NSF HERD survey in FY2024, and together they spent $582.9 million, 0.5% of the US total. University of New Mexico, The leads at $354.9 million — #97 nationally, more than 2 times New Mexico State University's $142.9 million. 5 spent more than in FY2023 and 1 spent less. The list runs down to Northern New Mexico College at $432 thousand; every name on it links to that institution's own page.

Institutions
6
FY2024 R&D
$582.9 million
Share of the US total
0.5%

Universities in New Mexico ranked, FY2024

The 6 institutions in New Mexico ranked by total research and development expenditures, NSF HERD FY2024.
In New MexicoInstitutionUS rankFY2024 R&DChange on FY2023Rank change
1University of New Mexico, The#97$354.9M+12.3%up 4
2New Mexico State University#162$142.9M+13.1%up 5
3New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology#194$79.9M−32.7%down 25
4New Mexico Highlands University#492$4.1M+17.5%up 7
5Eastern New Mexico University, Portales#751$753K+91.1%up 66
6Northern New Mexico College#828$432K+63.6%up 39
All 6$582.9M

Rank is a competition rank: two institutions that spent the same share a rank and the next one is skipped. Figures are NSF's own, as revised in the FY2024 release, and are shown to one decimal. How these numbers are built.

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Data: NSF HERD FY2024, built from NSF's published tables on September 8, 2026. Page updated September 13, 2026.

Data: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY2024.

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