New Mexico State University-Main Campus

New Mexico State University, or NMSU, is a land-grant university and its main campus is in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States. It was originally founded in 1888 as Las Cruces College. It received the status of university in 1960. NMSU enrolls more than 30,000 students yearly.

NMSU offers a wide variety of programs and awards associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees through its main campus and other community colleges. It is home to New Mexico's NASA Space Grant Program, and is one of 52 institutions in the U.S to be designated a Space Grant College. The university is divided into the following academic divisions:

College of Agriculture and Home Economics
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Business
College of Education
College of Engineering
College of Extended Learning
College of Health and Social Services
College of Honors

NMSU offers several student clubs and organizations including several religious organizations. It also has an active Greek system. Some of the fraternities and sororities are Kappa Sigma, Alpha Tau Omega, Zeta Tau Alpha, and Delta Gamma.

Campus Location

2850 Weddell Street
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001
USA
Main Tel: (575) 646-0111
Web Site

The campus is in a small city.

New Mexico State University-Main Campus Highlights

Where New Mexico State University-Main Campus stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

Many students concentrating in engineering, hospitality, family and social work, and security and law enforcement.
Large number of programs of study offered.
Large number of students.
Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
Affordable tuition & fees.
Racially diverse student body.
Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
Many mature (40+ year old) students.
High faculty salary.

Other important characteristics:

Faculty tenure system
Library on-campus
Campus housing available
Distance learning available
Weekend study option
Part-time classes available
ROTC
Athlete financial aid

Degrees Awarded (in 2007)

Degree	Total Earned	Different Programs
Bachelor	2,191	79
Master	770	51
Doctorale	85	23
Associate	26	7
Post-master's certificate	6	4

New Mexico State Students

The student enrollment at New Mexico State was 16,722 in 2007 (14,527 full-time equivalent).

About 46% of the freshmen class in 2007 was male and women were 51% of the class.

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

About 1% of freshmen are from countries other than the US. Students living in the US make up 99% of incoming freshmen.

Among freshmen students, 97% are full-time and 3% are part-time.

Tuition and Other Costs

Item	Cost
State Tuition and fees	$ 4,452
Out-of-state tuition and fees	$ 14,180
Room	$ 3,322
Board	$ 2,444
Books and supplies	$ 918
Other	$ 3,578

Financial Aid: New Mexico State participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Similar Schools

Based on computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to New Mexico State:

School	Location	Enrollment
Texas Tech University	Lubbock, TX	28,260
Oakland University	Rochester Hills, MI	18,081
University of North Carolina at Charlotte	Charlotte, NC	22,388
The University of Texas at El Paso	El Paso, TX	20,154
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	Stillwater, OK	23,213
Mississippi State University	Mississippi State, MS	17,039
The University of Texas at Arlington	Arlington, TX	24,889
Drexel University	Philadelphia, PA	20,682
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	Edwardsville, IL	13,398
West Virginia University	Morgantown, WV	28,113

Faculty

Tenure (2007):

Full-Time Faculty		Total
With tenure		343
Without tenure; working toward tenure		212
Without tenure; tenure not available		111

Housing and Meals

New Mexico State provides on-campus housing for 3,232 of its 14,527 (full-time) students (as of 2007).

New Mexico State Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. New Mexico State is in the Western Athletic Conference for major sports.

New Mexico State offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 202 male students received the aid (men were 58% of those receiving aid) and 148 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 42% of students receiving such aid) .

New Mexico State Admissions (2007)

Applicants	Admitted
Men	85%
Women	85%
All	85%

SAT Test Scores:

SAT	Middle 50%
Verbal	420-550
Math	430-560
Writing	420-540

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2007 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (57 awarded)

Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
Agricultural Economics
Agriculture

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (50 awarded)

Animal Sciences

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (2 awarded)

City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning

ART STUDIES (39 awarded)

Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (461 awarded)

Accounting
Business Administration and Management
Business/Commerce
Finance
International Business/Trade/Commerce
Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (81 awarded)

Computer and Information Sciences
Information Technology

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (31 awarded)

Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (15 awarded)

Apparel and Textiles

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (22 awarded)

Dance
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (528 awarded)

Agricultural Teacher Education
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
Curriculum and Instruction
Early Childhood Education and Teaching
Education
Education/Teaching Individuals - Speech or Language Impairments
Educational Leadership and Administration
Elementary Education and Teaching
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
Music Teacher Education
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
Secondary Education and Teaching
Special Education and Teaching
Teacher Assistant/Aide

ENGINEERING (285 awarded)

Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Engineering Physics
Engineering
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
Geological/Geophysical Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (42 awarded)

Engineering Technology
Surveying Technology/Surveying

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (233 awarded)

Community Organization and Advocacy
Family Resource Management Studies
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies
Human Development and Family Studies
Public Administration
Social Work

FINE ARTS (7 awarded)

Fine/Studio Arts

HOSPITALITY (66 awarded)

Hospitality Administration/Management

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (41 awarded)

Agronomy and Crop Science
Horticultural Science
Range Science and Management
Soil Science and Agronomy
Turf and Turfgrass Management

LIBERAL ARTS (432 awarded)

Anthropology
Creative Writing
Economics
English Language and Literature
English Language and Literature/Letters
Foreign Languages and Literatures
General Studies
Geography
History
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
Political Science and Government
Sociology
Spanish Language and Literature
Speech and Rhetorical Studies
Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (25 awarded)

Mathematics
Statistics

MEDIA (51 awarded)

Journalism

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (50 awarded)

Environmental Health
Public Health Education and Promotion

MUSIC (16 awarded)

Music Performance

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (122 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (5 awarded)

Athletic Training/Trainer

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (11 awarded)

Philosophy

SCIENCE (178 awarded)

Astronomy
Biochemistry
Biology/Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Ecology
Geology/Earth Science
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
Molecular Biology
Physics
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (156 awarded)

Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (72 awarded)

Psychology
School Psychology