MLG is proud of this?

06.05.2026

Gov. Lujan Grisham (via her X account) recently celebrated the fact that New Mexico had “risen to 20th in higher education.” Sadly, but as per the usual, the Gov. did not include a source for the information. So, we went and found it: US News & World Report: Best States for Higher Education 2025. You can see the screenshot below and below that the original Tweet from MLG. So, MLG is touting being ranked 20th in higher education, but the SAME report highlights that New Mexico is ranked:

47th overall;

50th in education;

49th in college graduation rate

So yay! Spending lots of oil and gas generated tax dollars on “free” college has helped us move up somewhat in higher education rankings. But, NM isn’t exactly knocking it out of the park overall after 8 years of her being in office.