# Cities in New Mexico by share of adults with a bachelor's degree, 2024

All 19 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `bachelors_degree_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 25 and over whose highest degree is a bachelor's, master's, professional school or doctorate degree, as a percentage of all people aged 25 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a bachelor's degree or higher as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a bachelor's degree or higher as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/new-mexico-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Santa Fe, NM | 47.8 |
| 2 | Albuquerque, NM | 39.2 |
| 3 | Las Cruces, NM | 36.7 |
| 4 | Rio Rancho, NM | 34 |
| 5 | Las Vegas, NM | 28.3 |
| 6 | Farmington, NM | 26.2 |
| 7 | Los Lunas, NM | 25.9 |
| 8 | Alamogordo, NM | 25.5 |
| 9 | Portales, NM | 25.4 |
| 10 | Clovis, NM | 23.6 |
| 11 | Gallup, NM | 23.5 |
| 12 | Sunland Park, NM | 21.8 |
| 13 | Artesia, NM | 19.9 |
| 14 | Carlsbad, NM | 19.2 |
| 15 | Roswell, NM | 18.6 |
| 16 | Española, NM | 18.3 |
| 17 | Hobbs, NM | 17.3 |
| 18 | Deming, NM | 15.9 |
| 19 | Lovington, NM | 8.4 |