Fast Facts
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Enrollment: 14,432 total students, 2825 are graduate students
Student/Faculty Ratio: 16:1, 70% of classes have fewer than 30 students
Public Land and Space Grant University: $168 M endowment
Research 2 University: High degree of research taking place and the university awards a variety of doctoral degrees
Athletics: NCAA Division I with FBS football. Their football team competes in the Sun Belt Conference and the rest of the athletic teams compete in the Western Athletic Conference
Financial outcomes for students: Data suggests very impressive Return On Investment (ROI) for graduates of New Mexico State University. Even the graduates that paid out of state tuition experience higher ROI than the students that paid in-state tuition at the University of New Mexico
Average Freshman ACT: 21
Percentage of Students Receiving Pell Grants: 43%
Percentage of Students Living on Campus: 18%
Most Popular Degree Programs: Criminal Justice, Nursing, Business Administration, Psychology, Biology, Marketing….but definitely check out the engineering degree programs at NMSU
Distinguished Alumni: Starbucks CEO, Kevin Johnson; co-founder of Pixar, Alvy Ray Smith; astronomer that discovered the Hale-Bopp Comet, Alan Hale