To the Editor:
WNMU the highest cost of attendance in the state:
You wouldn’t think that a small liberal arts school like WNMU would have the highest cost of attendance of any state school. But the Legislative Finance Committee has issued a report “Program Evaluation: Higher Education Cost Drivers and Cost savings” Oct. 24, 2017 that says it is.
Here is the cost of attendance of the 4 year state schools for one year, given in the report:
Eastern NM University…$13,974
Northern NM College…$16,844
NM Institute of Mining and Tech…$17,672
NM Highlands University…$18,248
NM State University…$18,763
University of NM…$19,562
Western NM University…$19,810
Notice that WNMU is $5,836 a year more expensive than ENMU.
If you want to get your own copy of the report, it is available at:
https://www.nmlegis.gov/Entity/LFC/Documents/Program_Evaluation_Reports/Program%20Evaluation%20Higher%20Education%20Cost%20Drivers%20and%20Cost%20Savings.pdf
Alfred Milligan
Silver City, NM