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Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Gallup does an annual poll of the well-being of those in every state and congressional district. New Mexico overall ranks 31st of the 50 states in the country while New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District once again ranks below the other two congressional districts in the state.
The poll shows that Hawaii has the highest well-being score, 70.2, while West Virginia is the lowest, 60.5.
New Mexico has a well-being score of 65.3 (pdf), down exactly one point from a year ago.
As for each congressional district, only the 2nd congressional district was in the bottom half of congressional districts — it ranked 360th out of the 435 congressional districts. The 1st Congressional District ranked 216th and the 3rd Congressional District led the way at 158th.
All three congressional districts were below their ranking of last year, with the 1st Congressional District dropping from 88th place to 216th place over the last year.
According to the methodology:
To compile the Well-Being Index, Gallup obtains completed interviews from 1,000 U.S. adults nationally, seven days a week, excluding only major holidays. Based on their response, individuals and communities receive an overall wellbeing composite score and a score in each of six sub-indices including life evaluation, emotional health, physical health, healthy behavior, work environment and basic access.
