New Mexico Institute Of Mining And Technology

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, also known as New Mexico Tech or The Tech, is located in Socorro, New Mexico, United States. It was established in 1889 by the Territorial Legislature. The college was ranked as "America's Best Value College" by The Princeton Review in 2007 and positioned among the top hundred colleges by Kiplinger in 2006. The college offers Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Ph.D. degrees, and associate degrees in diverse areas of study.

New Mexico Tech students are members of clubs related to athletics, automotives, dancing, religion, science, government associations, and gaming. Some of these clubs are the Board & Ski Club, Automotive Racing club, Chinese Students and Scholars Association, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, and Physics Club.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in mathematics, science, engineering, and computer science and engineering.
• Large number of students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High faculty salary.
• High male/female ratio.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Intensive.

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.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,767 in 2009-2010 (1,475 full-time equivalent).

About 76% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 24% of the class.

Undergrads are 66% of enrolled students and graduate students are 34%.

Students under 25 years old represent 66% of the student body. About 12% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

New Mexico Tech provides on-campus housing for 680 of its 1,475 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Graduate School Focus

New Mexico Tech offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is STEM Dominant.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (11 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (32 awarded)

• Computer Science
• Information Technology

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (2 awarded)

• Environmental Science

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (6 awarded)

• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education

ENGINEERING (140 awarded)

• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• Engineering/Industrial Management
• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mining and Mineral Engineering
• Petroleum Engineering

LIBERAL ARTS (8 awarded)

• General Studies
• Technical and Business Writing

MATHEMATICS (22 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics

SCIENCE (82 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geochemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Geophysics and Seismology
• Hydrology and Water Resources Science
• Physical Sciences
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (5 awarded)

• Psychology