To the editor:
The Lottery Scholarship tuition award is calculated based on a percentage of the full-time tuition average for each of the three college sectors. The full-tuition averages are $2,671 for the research sector (UNM, NMSU, NMIMT); $1727 for the comprehensive (4-year college) sector; and $667 for the community colleges and branch campuses.
For the 2015-16 academic year the Lottery Tuition Fund will support up to 90% of these sector average tuition rates, or the full tuition if that amount is below the 90% average. The 90%-level awards are $2,404 at the research schools; $1,554 at the comprehensives; and $600 for the community colleges and branch campuses.

Applying this rule to the schools in New Mexico we get
School............Tuition not covered......fees not covered.......Total due
UNM...................$174........................$754.................$928
NMIMT...............$245........................$706..................$951
NMSU.................$282........................$679..................$961
ENMU.................$78..........................$952................$1,030
NMHU................$121........................$724..................$845
NNMC.................0.............................$687..................$687
WNMU...............$548.......................$1,107.................$1,655
The cost of attendance for each school for a student on the lottery scholarship (tuition, fees, housing, 21 meals per week)
School................ Cost of Attendance (tuition fees, room and board)
WNMU...........................$7,455
NMSU.............................$5,753
UNM...............................$5,273
NMHU.............................$5,256
NMIMT............................$4,976
ENMU..............................$4,723
NNMU.........................No Dorms

Alfred Milligan

Silver City, NM 88062