New Mexico offers a wide range of Colleges choices for international students thinking of studying there. International students may not know what each state is like and how many Colleges may be located there. Therefore, in order to make your New Mexico research easier, we’ve sorted some key city data below.
On this page below the city data, you’ll also find a list of the Universities and Colleges in Socorro. Clicking on the Colleges's name will take you to a profile containing contact information, program facts, tuition and fees, affiliation and accreditation, admission requirements, information on student enrollment, and much more. Being able to see all the college options in a city can help you decide whether college or university study in Socorro is right for you.
SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO QUICK STATSCounty: Socorro
Elevation: 4605 feet
Land Area: 14.4 square miles
Population Density: 624 people per square mile
Population change since 2000: 1.30%
Races (City): Hispanic (54.5%), White Non-Hispanic (38.5%), Other race (23.2%), Two or more races (4.8%), American Indian (4.1%), Chinese (0.8%), Black (0.7%), Asian Indian (0.6%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
Ancestries (City): German (11.4%), Irish (6.7%), United States (6.2%), English (5.5%), Italian (2.4%), Polish (1.7%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Albuquerque, NM (74.4 miles , pop. 448,607)
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (299.8 miles , pop. 1,321,045)
Nearest cities: Rio Grande, NM (4.2 miles ), Magdalena, NM (4.4 miles ), Casa Colorada, NM (6.1 miles) , Jarales, NM (6.2 miles ), Rio Communities, NM (6.4 miles ), Belen, NM (6.5 miles ), Los Trujillos-Gabaldon, NM (6.5 miles ), Alamo, NM (6.5 miles )
Socorro Compared to State Average: Median household income below state average. Black race population percentage significantly below state average. Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average. Median age below state average. Foreign-born population percentage above state average. House age below state average. Number of college students above state average.
SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO EDUCATION FACTSHigh school or higher: 75.40%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 25.30%
Graduate or professional degree: 11.70%
Colleges/Universities in Socorro:
NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY Full-time enrollment: 1,353, Location: 801 LEROY PL, Public, Website: www.nmt.edu, Offers Doctor's degree)
Colleges/Universities with over 2000 Students Nearest to Socorro:
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO-MAIN CAMPUS about 70 miles, ALBUQUERQUE, NM, Full-time enrollment: 18,780 ALBUQUERQUE TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE about 73 miles, ALBUQUERQUE, NM, FT enrollment: 9,188 UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX-ALBUQUERQUE NM CAMPUS about 79 miles, ALBUQUERQUE, NM, FT enrollment: 3,261 NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS about 124 miles, LAS CRUCES, NM, FT enrollment: 12,562 NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY-DONA ANA about 124 miles, LAS CRUCES, NM, FT enrollment: 2,380 NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY about 148 miles, LAS VEGAS, NM, FT enrollment: 2,278 THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO about 161 miles, EL PASO, TX, FT enrollment: 12,071
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