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New Mexico State University is one of the leading colleges in New Mexico with the acceptance rate of 57%. Deadlines for application are . For more information, call 575-646-5545 or send email at admissions@nmsu.edu.

12535 Enrolled 57% Acceptance Rate 17 - 23 SAT Range
Admissions
Academics
Tuition & Aid
Student Body
Campus Life
Careers

Admissions

  • Overview

    • Applicants: 12,535
    • Average HS GPA: 3.55
    • Acceptance Rate: 57%

  • GPA Breakdown

    • 18% — 3.75 - 3.99
    • 19% — 3.50 - 3.74
    • 16% — 3.25 - 3.49
    • 14% — 3.00 - 3.24
    • 12% — 2.50 - 2.99
    • 1% — 2.00 - 2.49

  • SAT & ACT Test Scores

    SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    470 - 580
    SAT Math 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    450 - 560
    ACT Composite Scores 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    17 - 23

Academics

  • Majors

    AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURE OPERATIONS, AND RELATED SCIENCES.
    Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations.
    Agricultural and Extension Education Services.
    Agriculture, General.
    Agronomy and Crop Science.
    Animal Sciences, General.
    Food Technology and Processing.
    Horticultural Science.
    Range Science and Management.
    Soil Science and Agronomy, General.
    Turf and Turfgrass Management.
    AREA, ETHNIC, CULTURAL, GENDER, AND GROUP STUDIES.
    Women's Studies.
    BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES.
    Biochemistry.
    Biology/Biological Sciences, General.
    Ecology.
    Genetics, General.
    Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology.
    Plant Pathology/Phytopathology.
    BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES.
    Accounting.
    Business Administration and Management, General.
    Business/Commerce, General.
    Finance, General.
    Hospitality Administration/Management, General.
    International Business/Trade/Commerce.
    Marketing/Marketing Management, General.
    COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, AND RELATED PROGRAMS.
    Journalism.
    COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES/TECHNICIANS AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
    Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects.
    COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
    Computer and Information Sciences, General.
    Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance.
    Information Technology.
    EDUCATION.
    Agricultural Teacher Education.
    Early Childhood Education and Teaching.
    Education/Teaching of Individuals with Speech or Language Impairments.
    Elementary Education and Teaching.
    Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education.
    Higher Education/Higher Education Administration.
    Music Teacher Education.
    Secondary Education and Teaching.
    Special Education and Teaching, General.
    ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES AND ENGINEERING-RELATED FIELDS.
    Engineering Technology, General.
    Surveying Technology/Surveying.
    ENGINEERING.
    Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering.
    Chemical Engineering.
    Civil Engineering, General.
    Electrical and Electronics Engineering
    Engineering Physics/Applied Physics.
    Industrial Engineering.
    ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS.
    English Language and Literature, General.
    FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES/HUMAN SCIENCES.
    Apparel and Textiles, General.
    Human Development and Family Studies, General.
    FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS.
    Foreign Languages and Literatures, General.
    HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND RELATED PROGRAMS.
    Athletic Training/Trainer.
    Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling.
    Dietetics/Dietitian.
    Public Health Education and Promotion.
    Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.
    HISTORY.
    History, General.
    HOMELAND SECURITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIREFIGHTING AND RELATED PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
    Criminal Justice/Safety Studies.
    LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, GENERAL STUDIES AND HUMANITIES.
    General Studies.
    MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS.
    Mathematics, General.
    NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION.
    Environmental Studies.
    Natural Resource Economics.
    Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management.
    PARKS, RECREATION, LEISURE, AND FITNESS STUDIES.
    Kinesiology and Exercise Science.
    PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES.
    Applied and Professional Ethics.
    Philosophy.
    PHYSICAL SCIENCES.
    Chemistry, General.
    Geology/Earth Science, General.
    Physics, General.
    PSYCHOLOGY.
    Psychology, General.
    PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONS.
    Social Work.
    SOCIAL SCIENCES.
    Anthropology.
    Economics, General.
    Geography.
    Political Science and Government, General.
    Sociology.
    VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS.
    Cinematography and Film/Video Production.
    Dance, General.
    Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General.
    Music Performance, General.
    Visual and Performing Arts, General.

  • Degrees

    • Associate
    • Bachelor's
    • Doctoral/Professional
    • Doctoral/Research
    • Master's
    • Post-Bachelor's certificate
    • Post-Master's certificate

  • Prominent Alumni

    Wilbert Gore
    Invented Gore-tex
    Bill Mouskondis
    Chairman of Nicholas & Co. Inc.
    James L. Hall
    Founder of Versa Ventures Ltd.
    Dr. Patrick Moore
    Meyenburg Prize, Cancer Research
    Dr. Richard Wood
    Fellow of the Royal Society, DNA Repair
    Abby Speicher
    CEO, DARTDrones, Forbes 30 under 30
    Brolin Mawejje
    Ugandan Snowboarder, sponsored athlete, Olympic hopeful

Tuition & Aid

  • Dates

    Notification Date
    Jan 1

  • Required Forms

    • FAFSA

  • Expenses per Academic Year

    Tuition
    N/A
    Required Fees
    N/A
    Average Cost for Books and Supplies
    N/A
    Tuition / Fees Vary by Year of Study
    No
    Board for Commuters
    N/A
    Transportation for Commuters
    N/A
    On-Campus Room and Board
    N/A

  • Available Aid

    Financial Aid Methodology
    Federal
    Scholarships and Grants Need-Based
    • Need-Based College/University Scholarship or Grant Aid from Institutional Funds
    • Need-Based Federal Pell
    • Need-Based Private Scholarships
    • Need-Based SEOG
    • Need-Based State Scholarships
    Federal Direct Student Loan Programs
    • Direct PLUS Loans
    • Direct Subsidized Stafford Loans
    • Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans
    Federal Family Education Loan Programs (FFEL)
    • State Loans
    Is Institutional Employment Available (other than Federal Work Study)
    Yes
    Direct Lender
    Yes

  • Financial Aid Rating

    • Financial Aid Rating 86/99

Student Body

  • Student Body Profile

    Total Undergraduate Enrollment
    11231
    Foreign Countries Represented
    38

  • Demographics

    • Asian 2.58%
    • African-American 2.79%
    • Hispanic 63.63%
    • Caucasian 24.03%
    • Male 42%
    • Female 58%
    • Аre out of state 27

Campus Life

  • Campus Life

    Undergrads living on campus
    20%
    Help finding off-campus housing
    Yes
    Quality of life rating 53/99
    First-Year Students living on campus
    N/A
    Campus Environment
    Small Urban
    Fire safety rating
    N/A

  • Special Needs Admissions

    College Entrance Tests Required
    Yes
    Interview Required
    No

  • Student Activities

    Registered Student Organizations
    0
    Number of Honor Societies
    0
    Number of Social Sororities
    0

  • Sports

    Athletic Division
    Division I
    Men's Sports (Crimson) (7)
    • Baseball
    • Basketball
    • Cross Country
    • Football
    • Golf
    • Rodeo
    • Tennis
    Women's Sports (Crimson) (11)
    • Basketball
    • Cross Country
    • Diving
    • Golf
    • Rodeo
    • Soccer
    • Softball
    • Swimming
    • Tennis
    • Track Field Outdoor
    • Volleyball

  • Student Services

    Day Care
    Health
    Womens Center
    Army ROTC Offered on-campus Air Force ROTC Offered on-campus

  • Sustainability

    An AASHE Gold Star school, NMSU takes a wide-ranging approach to campus sustainability, engaging campus operations, curriculum and research. The examples of this commitment are myriad: local sourcing where available in campus dining venues, twenty-six academic departments offering sustainability-focused classes and programs, fish wildlife and conservation ecology, and agricultural economics and business. In addition, recognizing its position as primarily a commuter campus, NMSU has established itself as a Bicycle Friendly University (BFU), reduced its campus fleet fuel consumption by 54 percent, provided a free shuttle service for students, and partnered with the City of Las Cruces to offer free public transit to students with valid ID. Students, too, are heavily engaged with promoting campus sustainability in co-curricular groups, including the Environmental Science Student Organization, the Organization of Aggie Students Inspiring Sustainability, and Take Back the Tap NMSU, which fights plastic water bottle consumption. NMSU’s waste-diversion and reduction measures are impressively far reaching: the university has placed in the national top five in the RecycleMania competition since 2010, reduced paper consumption by making course schedules electronically available and printers’ default settings double-sided, instituted co-mingled recycling for ease of participation, and offered free hazardous waste pickup and toner recycling. Students take pride in promoting sustainability past their educational years, with many taking NMSU’s Green Pledge to consider the environmental impact of any post-graduation job they take, and wearing a green ribbon on their graduation gowns.

    Green rating
    N/A

  • Campus Security Report

    Campus Security Report
    The Jeanne Clery Act requires colleges and universities to disclosetheir security policies, keep a public crime log, publish an annualcrime report and provide timely warnings to students and campusemployees about a crime posing an immediate or ongoing threat tostudents and campus employees.
    Please visit The Princeton Review’s page on campus safety foradditional resources: http://www.princetonreview.com/safety
    The Princeton Review publishes links directly to each school's CampusSecurity Reports where available. Applicants can also access allschool-specific campus safety information using the Campus Safety andSecurity Data Analysis Cutting Tool provided by the Office ofPostsecondary Education of the U.S. Department of Education:https://ope.ed.gov/campussafety/#/

  • Other Information

    Campus-wide Internet Network
    Yes
    % of Classrooms with Wireless Internet
    100

Careers

  • Graduation Rates

    Graduate in 4 years
    26%
    Graduate in 5 years
    46%
    Graduate in 6 years
    51%

  • Career Services

    On-Campus Job Interviews Available
    Yes
    Career Services
    • Alumni Services
    • Classes
    • Interest Inventory
    • Internships
    Opportunities at School
    • Coop
    • Experiential
    • Internship

  • ROI & Outcomes

    Information from PayScale:
    Starting Median Salary (Up to Bachelor's degree completed, only)
    N/A
    Mid-Career Median Salary (Up to Bachelor's degree completed, only)
    N/A
    Starting Median Salary (At least Bachelor's degree)
    N/A
    Mid-Career Median Salary (At least Bachelor's degree)
    N/A
    Percent High Job Meaning
    N/A
    Percent STEM
    N/A
    • Return on Investment (ROI) rating 0/99

    Contact & Visit

    • Campus Tours

      Campus Visiting Center
      • Appointment Required: Yes
      • Dates: Year-round
      • Times: Varies
      • Average Length: 2 hours
      Campus Tours
      • N/A

    • On Campus Interview

      Campus Interviews
      No
      Information Sessions
      Not Available
      Times
      N/A
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