New Mexico Highlands University is a public institution that was founded in 1893. In the 2025 edition of Best Colleges, New Mexico Highlands University is ranked No. #87 in Regional Universities West.

Michelle Lujan-Grisham appointed Las Vegas, New Mexico attorney Danelle Smith to the Highlands University Board of Regents with the State Senate confirming the appointment Feb. 17, 2020.

NEW MEXICO — As the state of New Mexico faces a shortage of social workers, one university is working with high school students to introduce them to careers in the field.

LAS VEGAS, N.M. — The New Mexico Highlands University Board of Regents has selected Dr. Neil Woolf as the 19th president of the institution. Woolf will serve a conditional five-year term with an ...

The regents of New Mexico Highlands University hired a new president Monday, citing his track record of increasing enrollment as one reason he topped a field of 52 applicants. Sam Minner, provost ...