New Mexico Tech

Housing & Residential Life

Our Mission:

NMT Housing & Residential Life strives to complement the educational and service goals of New Mexico Tech by promoting personal growth and social awareness while enhancing student learning. Joining with students, we strive to create safe and supportive opportunities for the development of interpersonal and leadership skills in a residential environment.

Applications Open!

Housing News

The Room Selection Process for current on campus residents will begin on March 1, 2022.
The Room Selection Process for new incoming students for Fall 2022 will be announced in April.
Residential Life Shut Down Plan (This link provides the process for shutting down Residential Life housing if the campus shuts down due to the pandemic)
New Mexico Tech Housing & Residential Life COVID-19 Resident Infected Plan (This link provides the process Housing & Residential Life has in place for students that are infected with COVID-19 or we believe are at risk of having COVID-19)

New Students

Current Residents

Campus Map:

Parents

Residence Halls/Apartments

Dining and Meal Plans

Cancellation Policy

Conference Services

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Frequently Asked Questions

Why come to Tech?

Safe environment

NMT campus police maintain a solid force on campus with the size and experience that could match many New Mexico towns. However, the NMT community is very safe and extremely friendly, crime statistics are very low, with no violent or serious crimes. Crime statistics can be obtained by contacting campus police. The city of Socorro also maintains a police force to keep the general public of the town safe. New Mexico State Police also maintains a local presence, and have a substation a few miles North of town.

Great Education

NMT is ranked among the top schools in the nation:

Ranked 13 for Best Colleges that payoff (CNBC).
Ranked 56 for Best Value Colleges (Forbes).
Ranked 38 for Return on Investment (Payscale)
More Rankings

Great employment opportunities.

NMT graduates are actively recruited from all sectors and organizations of all sizes from Intel Corporation, the United States Government, Sandia National Labs, PNM, and dozens of of other businesses over multiple industries. For more info on employment opportunities take a look at our Career Fair page.

Excellent academic environment

Individual attention

Having a student-faculty ratio of 11:1, with 53.3% of our classes having fewer than 20 students, NMT is the perfect institution for students who want to have one-on-one interactions/help from their professors.

Beautiful Scenery

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(The view within Water Canyon, an outstanding range just outside of Socorro)

The amount of natural scenery in Socorro is outstanding, with Water Canyon a few miles to the East of campus, the Bosque Del Apache Refuge to the South, and the Sevilleta Refuge to the North.

More info on outdoor recreation

Contact Housing & Residential Life

Phone: 575-835-5900

Fax: 575-835-5907

Email: Residential_Life@nmt.edu

Office Hours: Monday through Friday 8am-5pm

After Hours: Call Campus Police 575-835-5434

Housing & Residential Staff

NMT Missing Student Notification Policy

Title IX Resources

Room and Meal Rate Sheet for 2021-2022 Academic Year & Summer 2022