New Mexico Eligibility Requirements
To take the HiSET exam in the New Mexico, you must meet the following eligibility requirements:
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High School Equivalency Status
You must not be enrolled, nor required to be enrolled, in high school, and you must be without a high school diploma or high school equivalency certificate.
Age
- If you are 18 years of age or older, you may test without any special conditions.
- If you are 16 or 17 years of age, you must complete an underage form (español) and submit it to the test center before scheduling your exam.
- No one under 16 may test.
Residency
You do not have to be a resident of New Mexico to take the HiSET exam
Test Preparation or Instruction
You are not required to take HiSET preparation courses before taking the test.
Practice Test
Although taking a practice test prior to the exam is encouraged, you are not required to take it before taking the official exam.
Identification
When you register to take the HiSET exam, you must provide a government-issued ID. Acceptable current photo identification includes:
- New Mexico driver’s license
- Photo ID cards issued by New Mexico Division of Motor Vehicles
- Passport
- Military ID
- Other forms of national or foreign government ID
HiSET New Mexico Testing Options and Fees
Total expected fees to complete the HiSET assuming no retake attempts and completion in a single calendar year:
Total expected fees to complete the HiSET assuming no retake attempts and completion in a single calendar year:
Total expected fees to complete the HiSET assuming no retake attempts and completion in a single calendar year:
Test Location: Offsite, remote proctored. System requirements and test environment guidelines must be met.
Note: Test centers may charge additional fees on top of the fee listed above. Contact your test center for more information.
Retesting
What to know
HiSET test takers may take each subtest a maximum of three (3) times in 6 months. The 6 month period is split into two 6 month periods each year.
First 6 month period: January 1 to June 30.
Second 6 month period: July 1 to December 31st
How it works
If you take your first official HiSET subtest in the month of January and then take two retakes at a test center in the months of February and March, you would not be permitted to take that subtest again until July of the same year.
What it costs
You may retake each subtest two times over the 12 months following your first attempt by paying only the test center fee (noted above for each in-person subtest) or the at-home online proctor fee ($17.50 for each at-home subtest).