MANZANO HIGH
ALBUQUERQUE, NM·Public·Large city·ALBUQUERQUE
Dual enrollment in New Mexico
College credit earned while still in high school. It is the single largest lever on a college bill, and what it costs your family depends almost entirely on which state you are in.
The state covers dual-enrolment tuition, so college credit earned in high school costs your family little or nothing.
New Mexico Dual Credit Program
Free
Tuition and general fees are waived by the participating public college, university or tribal college, so the family pays $0 tuition. The high school (LEA) is required by state rule (NMAC 6.30.7) to purchase textbooks and most course supplies, so books are $0 to the family. What is NOT covered: special course fees (lab, materials, kit fees) and transportation to a college campus, which the statute and HED page place on the student and family.
Who can enroll. All New Mexico students who have not yet received a high school diploma or GED are eligible, including public, private, homeschool and BIE-funded students; the student must be enrolled at the high school in one-half or more of the minimum course requirements approved by the NM Public Education Department (or, at a BIE-funded school, receiving at least three documented contact hours per day), and must meet the additional eligibility rules set by the high school and by the college. The tuition waiver covers accredited NEW MEXICO PUBLIC colleges and universities and some tribal colleges that have a dual credit Master Agreement with the high school - it does not cover private colleges or out-of-state institutions, and it does not cover 'concurrent enrollment' courses the student pays for on their own. Remedial/developmental courses and PE activity classes cannot be taken for dual credit.
Anchored on 19 public colleges in New Mexico · verified 2026-07-31.
Community colleges in New Mexico
We do not hold map coordinates for this school, so these are the largest community colleges in the state rather than the closest ones. Check the drive before you plan around any of them. Open one to see what starting there and transferring would actually save.
- Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, NM$2,060in-state / yr
- New Mexico State University-Dona AnaLas Cruces, NM$2,322in-state / yr
- San Juan CollegeFarmington, NM$1,928in-state / yr
- Santa Fe Community CollegeSanta Fe, NM$1,851in-state / yr
- Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell CampusRoswell, NM$2,256in-state / yr
Scholarships only this school's students can win
Awards in our corpus that name this high school. Smaller applicant pools than anything national - often by orders of magnitude.
Results
State assessments, 2021. Reported by EDFacts as ranges rather than exact figures, to keep small cohorts from being identifiable.
| Year | Math | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 37% | 62% |
| 2019 | 12% | 38% |
| 2018 | 12% | - |
Who goes here
Outside of class
Activities colleges actually read on an application - and where to find them near this school. Depth in one or two beats a list of ten.
Plan from here
Directory, enrollment and staffing from the NCES Common Core of Data; proficiency and graduation from EDFacts. Dual-enrollment funding rules from state policy, verified on our last review. Figures change - confirm with the school before relying on one. NCES record