University of New Mexico-Main Campus Scholarships and Merit Aid

Albuquerque, New Mexico

8 scholarships University of New Mexico-Main Campus publishes, each with the amount, what the school says it takes, and the sentence we read it in. This is what the school states, not a list of every award it offers.

16,686Undergraduates

80%Admit rate

Merit awarded on published numbers (6)

These are the awards the school ties to stated GPA and test bars. No separate application is listed for them.

Woodward Scholars

$4,000

Published requirement: 3.85 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Who it is for: In-state students
Renewable: Yes, per the school

$4,000 per yearscholarship.unm.edu (read 2026-07-07)

UNM Achievers

$2,000

Published requirement: 3.4 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Who it is for: In-state students
Renewable: Yes, per the school

$2,000 per yearscholarship.unm.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Bridge to Success

$1,000

Published requirement: 2.5 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Who it is for: In-state students
Renewable: Not stated as renewable

$1,000 for the first semester of the freshman yearscholarship.unm.edu (read 2026-07-07)

WUE

$17,957

Renewable: Yes, per the school

approximate value $ 17,957 per academic yeargo.unm.edu (read 2026-05-20)

WUE Plus

$23,249

Deadline the school lists: 2025-06-01
Renewable: Yes, per the school

approximate value $ 23,249 per academic yeargo.unm.edu (read 2026-05-20)

Aim to Achieve Four-Year Graduation Initiative

Renewable: Not stated as renewable

UNM will pay the tuition costs of the final semester for new incoming first-time freshmen who graduate in eight regular semesters.aimtoachieve.unm.edu (read 2026-05-20)

Awards that take an application (2)

The school publishes an amount for these, and also publishes that something beyond the admission file decides them.

Lobo Undergraduate Exchange (LUE)

Who it is for: Out-of-state students

LUE/WUE recipients pay 1.5 times the resident tuition rate (est. $17,957 savings per year)define.unm.edu (read 2026-05-20)

Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE)

Who it is for: Out-of-state students

LUE Plus/WUE Plus recipients pay the New Mexico resident tuition rate. (est. $23,149 savings per year)define.unm.edu (read 2026-05-20)

Which of these a student actually clears depends on GPA, test score, home state, and major. A free Graidy account works that out award by award, and shows what is left to pay after it.

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What University of New Mexico-Main Campus costs

Cost of attendance as published: tuition, fees, housing, and food for one year. It is the sticker, before any of the awards above and before need-based aid.

$30,000In-state, per year

$52,919Out-of-state, per year

Where this came from

https://aimtoachieve.unm.edu (read 2026-05-20)
https://define.unm.edu/affordable (read 2026-05-20)
https://go.unm.edu/scholarships/wue.html (read 2026-05-20)
https://scholarship.unm.edu/ (read 2026-07-07)

Every amount on this page was read off a University of New Mexico-Main Campus page on the date shown. Schools change award tables, so check the school's page before you count on a number.