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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
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 11,591
Full-time undergraduates: 5,395
Part-time undergraduates: 2,251
Total graduate students: 2,707
Full-time graduate students: 1,456
Part-time graduate students: 1,251
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
2.4% American Indian or Alaskan Native
1.1% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
2.8% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
63.5% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
24.0% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
2.3% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
2.8% Nonresident Alien
1.1% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 900 acres
Nearest major city: El Paso, TX

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 79%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 23%
Percent of students who live off campus: 78%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 708
Other computer facilities/services: antivirus softwarestudent portal online with file share/storage space, student employee clock-in, payments system, hardware rentals, short-term tablet checkout, software discounts
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's baseballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketballyes 
Men's cheerleadingyes 
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's equestrian sports  
Men's equestrian sportsyes 
Men's footballyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golfyes 
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's tennisyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketballyes 
Women's cheerleadingyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's equestrian sports  
Women's equestrian sportsyes 
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golfyes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's socceryes 
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's tennisyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I

Intramural/Recreational sports:
badminton; baseball; basketball; cheerleading; equestrian sports; fencing; football; golf; rugby; soccer; softball; tennis; volleyball; triathlon; indoor track; swimming and diving; track and field; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Las Cruces International, El P

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