University of New Mexico - Admission Criteria

• Academic ranking criteria for this college is listed below. Academic criteria are ranked in order of importance from 1 (Most important) through 5 (Least important) or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  1	Secondary School Record
  3	Class Rank
  5	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  4	Essay

• The following non-academic criteria are indicated as E (Emphasized), I (Important), C Considered, or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  N	Character and Personality
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.32.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	43%
  Second fifth	29%
  Third fifth	15%
  Fourth fifth	8%
  Bottom fifth	1%
  Unknown	4%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 27% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 89% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 66%, SAT math scores over 500 62%, ACT scores over 18 86%, SAT verbal scores over 600 28%, SAT math scores over 600 23%, ACT scores over 24 32%, SAT verbal scores over 700 6%, SAT math scores over 700 4%, ACT scores over 30 3%

• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	4%
  26-29	n/a	n/a	19%
  21-25	n/a	n/a	45%
  16-20	n/a	n/a	30%
  Below 16	n/a	n/a	2%