UNM West Campus

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The first building as part of the University of New Mexico's (UNM) West campus located in Rio Rancho's downtown City Center opened and began serving students on January 19, 2010.

This first, 42,0000-square-foot building as part of Phase 1 of this project has classroom space, a small bookstore, a common area and office space for student support. There is also a food service area open to the public 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday.
 
This two-story building will be a half-mile from CNM's first Rio Rancho campus building, with a new road connecting both buildings. The estimated cost for the Phase 1 building is $10.5 million.

View/register for classes to be offered at UNM West.

Background information
On March 4, 2008, voters in Rio Rancho passed by a 63 percent margin a higher education initiative that added a ¼ of one percent gross receipts tax increase.  With its passage, this initiative is expected to raise $20 million over its 20-year life span and help the University of New Mexico with infrastructure and land improvements to build a University of New Mexico West campus in Rio Rancho’s downtown City Center on 200 acres of land the university already owns.

UNM’s existing partnership with CNM will allow students to get a two-year community college degree with the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s, master’s or eventually a Ph.D. form UNM West. 

Visit UNM's Web site to view the master plan for the UNM West campus.