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After Western New Mexico University: graduation, pay and debt

Silver City, New Mexico · Public · 2,026 undergrads

35% of Western New Mexico University students finish within six years, the typical student earns $41,452 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $15,875 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$41.5k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
35%
finish within six years.
12%
finish in four years.
58%
of first-years come back for year two.
$15.9k
median federal debt at graduation.
38%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished in four yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
12%
Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
35%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024
58%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
35%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
35%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
278
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
34%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
13%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
309
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
22%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$38,803
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$41,452
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
48%

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Debt and paying it back

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
$15,875
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$12,500
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$13,250
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$9,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
38%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
35%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
45%

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from

Updated Oct 31, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers