Jackpot

The UNM Lottery Scholarship, which benefits one in five college students enrolled in New Mexico, is back for this school year at 100 percent of tuition. 

The scholarship, funded by lottery ticket sales, will be $63.5 million for the fiscal year 2022, up more than 30 percent over 2021. The scholarship paid full base tuition for qualified students between 1996 and 2015, but was reduced to cover between 60-75 percent in 2018. Last year it covered 67 percent of the base tuition at UNM.