Key Indicators

Physical Plant

Investment in Plant, less depreciation

$92,703,650 – Net capital assets – audited financial statement

Plant Replacement Insured Value

$313,510,541

Cost of Operating Physical Plant

$104,402,000 – Total Operating Expenses – audited financial statement

Endowment

$29,960,173

All Funds Budget (including operating budget, debt service, capital expenditures, renewal and replacement costs)

$120,223,204

Income (including tuition, state allocations, grants, sales, capital outlay, fund balance)

$118,385,862 – Total Operating Revenues – audited financial statement

Student Information

Student Enrollment (Fall 2022)

Undergraduate: 1,624

Graduate: 1,119

Tuition Discount Rate First-Year:

100% for in-state (Opportunity scholarship and Lottery scholarships) for both first-year and continuing undergraduates

Retention Rate

First-Year: 63%

Graduation Rate (six-year) – FA 18 to SU22

27%

Faculty Information

Number of Full-time Faculty, Fall 2023:

Tenured/Tenure-track:

151 total full-time faculty

99 tenure track or tenured

% Tenure-Track Faculty

99/151, 65.6%

Average Faculty Salaries

Professor: $93,753

Associate Professor: $77,841

Assistant Professor: $68,107

Student : Teacher Ratio

10:1

New Mexico Highlands University seeks a Provost to lead academic endeavors and strategic enrollment to new heights of excellence and to explore outreach to new populations of students. The University welcomes innovation in the development of new academic programs and collaboration with all other units in the University to implement those programs.

For additional information or questions about the search, please contact Search Committee Chair Dr. D. Veena Parboteeah at parbotev@nmhu.edu.

What is New Mexico Highlands University?

New Mexico Highlands University was founded in 1893. It is a public, state-funded, regional comprehensive university. NMHU is a Hispanic Serving Institution and an aspiring Native American Serving Non-Tribal Institution, with open undergraduate admissions and master’s level programs serving more than 68% Hispanic, Native American, and African American students. Fifty-one percent of all students study at the master’s degree level. In 1997-1998, NMHU established its first extended learning center in Rio Rancho, which began offering upper division undergraduate and graduate courses in business, accounting, education, and social work. Since that time, the University has expanded its curriculum offerings and created other center campuses in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Farmington. NMHU also offers a range of online programs in both synchronous and asynchronous formats.

The university serves a broad and diverse range of students across various modalities in various locations. The university is committed to student success and providing resources that help students succeed. NMHU works closely with the communities it serves to foster partnerships and collaborative opportunities and has existing partnerships with Los Alamos National Labs, schools throughout New Mexico, as well as governmental and non-profit entities in New Mexico.

The university operates with a faculty senate, staff senate, and student senate, as well as separate collective bargaining agreements with the faculty, hourly staff, and exempt staff.

The main campus of NMHU is located on 85-acres with 44 buildings and an additional 165-acre golf course. Ten residential buildings with a capacity of approximately 700 students also include accommodations for students with families. In 2012, NMHU was the only university in the state to be honored for sustainable building practices with a new 67,000 square-foot student union building, opened in Spring of 2013, which is certified as LEED Gold. This building includes dining facilities, a ballroom, flexible theater space, the campus bookstore, post office, computer lab, classrooms, conference space, a game room, and a convenience store. This facility is the home to university offices for Student Life, Housing, International Education Center, Indigenous Student Lounge, the Center for Advocacy Resources Education and Support, student senate, and the Dean of Students Office. It is seen not only as the heart of the campus but the bridge between Highlands and the Las Vegas community.

Other LEED Gold awards have been received for the remodeling projects of the Felix Martinez Building, Lora Shields Building, and the Natatorium. In 2010, the Viles & Crimmin Residence Hall was the first university dormitory in the state to earn the LEED Silver certification. The Adele Ilfeld Auditorium, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was renovated in 1996. This hundred-year-old sandstone landmark has borne the test of time. Closed for more than a year for renovations, the 727-seat auditorium reopened in 1996 and is the only major theatre in northeastern New Mexico and a premier contemporary performance arts center.

Mission

New Mexico Highlands University is a public comprehensive university serving our local and global communities. Our mission is to provide opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to attain an exceptional education by fostering creativity, critical thinking and research in the liberal arts, sciences, and professions within a diverse community.

Vision

Our vision is to be a premier comprehensive university transforming lives and communities now and for generations to come.

Core Values

• Excellence
• Diversity
• Accessibility
• Responsiveness

For any questions about the search, please email the search committee chair, Dr. Brandon Kempner, at bkempner@nmhu.edu