Does it field a women’s basketball team?
Yes. Northern New Mexico College reported 17 women’s basketball participants in the Equity in Athletics return it filed for 2025-26. That is the institution’s own count of the squad, not a roster page Athlavia has read, and it is the figure the United States Department of Education publishes.
It competes in NAIA, and no conference affiliation is recorded here. It is one of 2 NAIA women's basketball programmes in New Mexico, out of 9 programmes there in total.
The athletics department’s own site is where the current roster and coaching staff are published.
Can it award a basketball scholarship?
NAIA rules permit athletically-related student aid.
Northern New Mexico College reported athletically-related student aid awarded to women in its most recent federal return. The amount is the total across every women’s sport at the institution — basketball, and also volleyball, soccer, track, swimming and the rest. It is not a basketball budget, and it is not what one player receives.
Read alone it is routinely mistaken for a per-player offer. Inside Athlavia it sits next to the squad size, the division's own limits and the published cost, which is the only way it means anything.
It is one of 9 institutions in New Mexico whose return reports athletic aid awarded to women, out of 9 that field women’s basketball at all.
What it costs and what it is like
No cost snapshot is held for Northern New Mexico College. Athlavia will not print an estimate in its place — tuition varies by residency, by course and by year, and a made-up number is worse than an empty one. The institution’s own admissions pages carry the published figures.
- Type
- Public
- Enrolment
- 531
- Selectivity
- Not recorded
- City
- Espanola
- State or region
- New Mexico
- Country
- United States
- Campus setting
- rural
- Climate
- Not recorded
- International share
- 1%
Degrees recorded here
Only the courses Athlavia has read and tagged. It is not the institution’s full prospectus.
- Accounting and Related Services.
- Biology, General.
- Biology, General.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations.
- Business/Commerce, General.
- Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians.
- Computer Engineering.
- Computer and Information Sciences, General.
- Computer and Information Sciences, General.
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services.
- Criminal Justice and Corrections.
- Criminal Justice and Corrections.
- Electrical and Power Transmission Installers.
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians.
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians.
- Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians.
- Energy Systems Technologies/Technicians.
- Engineering, General.
- Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians.
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies.
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts.
- Fine and Studio Arts.
- Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other.
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.
- Mathematics.
- Mathematics.
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research.
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research.
- Nuclear and Industrial Radiologic Technologies/Technicians.
- Physical Science Technologies/Technicians.
- Physical Sciences, General.
- Plumbing and Related Water Supply Services.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.
- Social Work.
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.
How it compares
Across the 220 NAIA women’s basketball programmes in this database, the average listed squad is 20 players. Northern New Mexico College lists 17, 3 players below that average. Among the 2 NAIA programmes in New Mexico, it has the 2nd largest listed squad.
Squad size is a fact about the return, not a judgement about the programme. A large squad can mean depth or it can mean a long bench; a small one can mean minutes are available or that the roster is already settled. It is a question to ask a coach, not an answer.
Where these figures came from
| Field | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squad size | 172025-26 | ope.ed.govEADA 2025-26 schools.xlsx, PARTIC_WOMEN for Basketball | 12 Aug 2026 | 96% |
| athleticsUrl | https://nnmc.edu/student-life/index.html | nnmc.eduFollowed an athletics link from https://nnmc.edu/ and confirmed the destination reads as an athletics site | 12 Aug 2026 | 72% |
| recruitingBand | 49-692025-26 | ope.ed.govInferred from EADA operating expense per women's basketball participant ($5,036/player), ranked on a log scale against all 1857 programmes (percentile 59). Division is not used as an input. | 12 Aug 2026 | 55% |
| Degrees | 40 undergraduate degrees listed, including Natural Resources Conservation and Research., Natural Resources Conservation and Research., Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies. | collegescorecard.ed.govCollege Scorecard field latest.programs.cip_4_digit, undergraduate credentials only | 12 Aug 2026 | 90% |
| institutionProfile | held — free account | api.data.govCollege Scorecard v1 /schools, fields school.locale, location.lat, location.lon, latest.student.demographics.race_ethnicity.non_resident_alien, school.school_url read verbatim | 12 Aug 2026 | 92% |
Every stored fact carries the source it came from, the date it was read and how it was extracted. Figures shown on this page without a row above are recorded with the source on the record itself — the athletic aid figure, for instance, carries the Department of Education’s athletics site as its source. Check it at the source.