Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

Eastern New Mexico University, also known as ENMU, is a public university located in Portales, Roosevelt County, New Mexico, United States. It opened in 1934 as Eastern New Mexico Junior College (ENMJC). ENMU's main campus spreads across an area of more than 400 acres. The university offers a wide variety of degrees and programs in diverse areas of study. ENMU is organized into the following academic divisions:

• College of Business
• College of Education and Technology
• College of Fine Arts
• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

ENMU has an active Greek life. There are several social fraternities and sororities on campus including Lambda Theta Phi, Sigma Chi Fraternity, and Phi Kappa Psi. The campus also hosts several academic, sports, and cultural clubs and organizations.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in education and teaching and art studies.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of students.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 4,294 in 2009-2010 (3,348 full-time equivalent).

About 55% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 45% of the class.

Undergrads are 79% of enrolled students and graduate students are 21%.

Students under 25 years old represent 59% of the student body. About 15% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 98% are full-time and 2% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Eastern New Mexico University provides on-campus housing for 1,124 of its 3,348 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Lone Star Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 155 male students received the aid (men were 62% of those receiving aid) and 97 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 38% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Eastern New Mexico University offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate Comprehensive.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (8 awarded)

• Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
• Agricultural Production Operations
• Agriculture

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (5 awarded)

• Dairy Science

ART STUDIES (13 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (69 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Finance
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (7 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (7 awarded)

• Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (5 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (161 awarded)

• Agricultural Teacher Education
• Business Teacher Education
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Special Education and Teaching
• Trade and Industrial Teacher Education

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (2 awarded)

• Engineering Technology
• Industrial Technology/Technician

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (14 awarded)

• Child Care and Support Services Management
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Social Work

LIBERAL ARTS (116 awarded)

• Anthropology
• English Language and Literature
• General Studies
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (4 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (25 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (8 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MUSIC (4 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (7 awarded)

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (12 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (1 awarded)

• Cinematography and Film/Video Production

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (5 awarded)

• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (26 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (19 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
• Forensic Science and Technology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (37 awarded)

• Counseling Psychology
• Psychology