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New Mexico State University - Las Cruces

New Mexico State University - Las Cruces
PO Box 30001
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001


Fax number: (575) 646-6330
Website: https://www.nmsu.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 73%
Student:Faculty ratio: 16:1
Total faculty: 470 men, 510 women
Full-time faculty: 332 men, 294 women
Part-time faculty: 138 men, 216 women
Graduation rate: 51% within six years

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, double majors, independent study, honors program, internships, distance learning, external degree program, online courses
Graduate schools/programs are offered: yes
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.
Army ROTC: offered on-campus
Air Force ROTC: offered on-campus

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Commerce, General
  • Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General
  • Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
  • Agricultural and Extension Education Services
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Agricultural Teacher Education
  • Agriculture, General
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects
  • Anthropology, General
  • Apparel and Textiles, General
  • Applied and Professional Ethics
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Athletic Training/Trainer
  • Biochemistry
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Commerce, General
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry, General
  • Cinematography and Film/Video Production
  • City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Communication Sciences and Disorders, General
  • Communication, General
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services, Other
  • Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling
  • Community Organization and Advocacy
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General
  • Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
  • Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
  • Dance, General
  • Dietetics/Dietitian
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Ecology
  • Economics, General
  • Education, Other
  • Education/Teaching of Individuals with Speech or Language Impairments
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Engineering Physics/Applied Physics
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Environmental Health
  • Environmental Science
  • Environmental Studies
  • Environmental/Natural Resource Economics
  • Exercise Science and Kinesiology
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Family Resource Management Studies, General
  • Finance, General
  • Fine/Studio Arts, General
  • Food Technology and Processing
  • Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General
  • Foreign Languages and Literatures, General
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • General Studies
  • Genetics, General
  • Geography
  • Geological/Geophysical Engineering
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
  • Horticultural Science
  • Hospitality Administration/Management, General
  • Human Development and Family Studies, General
  • Human Services, General
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Information Technology
  • International Business/Trade/Commerce
  • Journalism
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
  • Music Performance, General
  • Music Teacher Education
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Plant Pathology/Phytopathology
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Health Education and Promotion
  • Public Health, General
  • Range Science and Management
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Rhetoric and Composition
  • Secondary Education and Teaching
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Soil Science and Agronomy, General
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Surveying Technology/Surveying
  • Turf and Turfgrass Management
  • Visual and Performing Arts, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management
  • Women's Studies
Diplomas

  • Applied Economics
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
  • Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Education, Other
  • Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Engineering, Other
  • Ethnic Studies
  • Family Practice Nurse/Nursing
  • Financial Planning and Services
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Museology/Museum Studies
  • Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Health, General
  • School Psychology
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Systems Engineering
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other
Doctorates

  • Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General
  • Agriculture, General
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Astronomy
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Chemistry, General
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General
  • Counseling Psychology
  • Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Development Economics and International Development
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Engineering, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Exercise Science and Kinesiology
  • Experimental Psychology
  • General Studies
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Hydrology and Water Resources Science
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Molecular Biology
  • Nursing Practice
  • Nursing Science
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Range Science and Management
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
Master's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Agricultural Teacher Education
  • Agriculture, General
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Anthropology, General
  • Astronomy
  • Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry, General
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Communication, General
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General
  • Computer Science
  • Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
  • Creative Writing
  • Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Economics, General
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Education/Teaching of Individuals with Speech or Language Impairments
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Environmental Studies
  • Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Family Resource Management Studies, General
  • Fine/Studio Arts, General
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • General Studies
  • Geography
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
  • Horticultural Science
  • Hospitality Administration/Management, General
  • Human Services, General
  • Hydrology and Water Resources Science
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mental Health Counseling/Counselor
  • Molecular Biology
  • Music Performance, General
  • Music Teacher Education
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Plant Pathology/Phytopathology
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Public Administration
  • Public Health Education and Promotion
  • Range Science and Management
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Rhetoric and Composition
  • School Psychology
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Statistics, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for CLEP subject
  • credit for DANTES
  • credit for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • True
 
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