New Mexico State University-Main Campus

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

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.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in hospitality, landscaping and horticulture, engineering, education and teaching, and family and social work.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High faculty salary.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.
• Racially diverse student body.

School characteristics:

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

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 17,239 in 2009-2010 (14,155 full-time equivalent).

About 47% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 53% of the class.

Undergrads are 78% of enrolled students and graduate students are 22%.

Students under 25 years old represent 63% of the student body. About 10% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 96% are full-time and 4% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

New Mexico State provides on-campus housing for 3,509 of its 14,155 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 18 meals weekly.

Athletics

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

The school 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) .

Graduate School Focus

New Mexico State offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Other Than Research or Professional Practice).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral (No Medical/Veterinary).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (59 awarded)

• Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
• Agricultural Economics
• Agricultural and Extension Education Services
• Agriculture

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (48 awarded)

• Animal Sciences

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (1 awarded)

• City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning

ART STUDIES (31 awarded)

• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (475 awarded)

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

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (77 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences
• Information Technology

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (19 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Environmental Studies
• Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (18 awarded)

• Apparel and Textiles

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (16 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (540 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
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods

ENGINEERING (293 awarded)

• Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Engineering
• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
• Geological/Geophysical Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Systems Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (58 awarded)

• Engineering Technology
• Surveying Technology/Surveying

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (234 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 (73 awarded)

• Hospitality Administration/Management

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (39 awarded)

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

LIBERAL ARTS (500 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 (27 awarded)

• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (56 awarded)

• Animation, Interactive Tech, Video Graphics and Special Effects
• Journalism

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (57 awarded)

• Environmental Health
• Public Health Education and Promotion

MUSIC (10 awarded)

• Music Performance

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (163 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (4 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (6 awarded)

• Cinematography and Film/Video Production

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (11 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (170 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 (178 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (85 awarded)

• Psychology
• School Psychology