Graduate Programs at New Mexico State University-Main Campus

Graduate School Overview

New Mexico State University-Main Campus (referred to as NMSU) is a Public, 4 years school located in Las Cruces, NM.

The school is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1941 - Current[Estimated Date]).

NMSU Directory Information
School Name	New Mexico State University-Main Campus (NMSU)
Address	2850 Weddell Street, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001
Phone	575-646-0111
Web	https://www.nmsu.edu
Online Application	https://app.applyyourself.com/AYApplicantLogin/fl_ApplicantConnectLogin.asp?id=nmsu-u
Financial Info	https://fa.nmsu.edu

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of NMSU is $6,579 for New Mexico residents and $19,421 for out-of-state students. The school has 2,677 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 14,268 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 212 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 37 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$19,421 $6,579 for New Mexico Residents
Student Population	2,677
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	212 graduate programs (37 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	16 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at NMSU is $6,579 for New Mexico residents and $19,421 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $288 for New Mexico residents and $1,001 for out-of-state students.

NMSU offers the alternative tuition plans.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
New Mexico Residents	$6,579
Out-of-State	$19,421
Tuition per Credit Hour
New Mexico Residents	$288
Out-of-State	$1,001

NMSU offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	37 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Air Force) Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of New Mexico State University-Main Campus is $6,579 for New Mexico residents and $19,421 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 2.05% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	New Mexico Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$4,549	$878	$15,860	$878
2019-2020	$4,844	$909	$16,834	$909
2020-2021	$4,981	$945	$17,330	$945
2021-2022	$4,981	$945	$17,330	$945
2022-2023	$5,184	$1,008	$18,023	$1,008
2023-2024	$5,181	$1,398	$18,023	$1,398

The graduate school tuition & fees of NMSU is expensive compared to public graduate schools in New Mexico. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the New Mexico graduate tuition is $14,377 (public) / $23,181 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
New Mexico State University-Main Campus	$6,579	$19,421
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
New Mexico Graduate Schools	$11,588	$17,635
Public	$7,250	$14,377
Private	$23,181

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $16,724 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at NMSU.

On-campus living costs are increased by 7.67% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $17,460. Off-campus living costs are increased by 23.44% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$9,252	$4,192	$9,158	$4,192
2019-2020	$9,538	$4,416	$8,862	$4,416
2020-2021	$10,228	$4,271	$9,083	$4,271
2021-2022	$11,407	$4,244	$9,225	$4,244
2022-2023	$11,252	$4,280	$9,865	$4,280
2023-2024	$12,026	$4,698	$12,762	$4,698

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $306 for New Mexico residents and $1,022 for other students at New Mexico State University-Main Campus. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 2.10% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	New Mexico Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$253	$881
2019-2020	$269	$935
2020-2021	$277	$963
2021-2022	$277	$963
2022-2023	$288	$1,001
2023-2024	$306	$1,022

Graduate Programs at NMSU

New Mexico State University-Main Campus offers 117 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 915 students have completed their study at New Mexico State University-Main Campus.

Offered Degrees at New Mexico State University-Main Campus
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	67	15	735
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	27	3	117
Doctor's degree - other	1	0	10
Post Bachelor's Degree	15	8	47
Post Master's Degree	7	3	6
Total	117	29	915

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at New Mexico State University-Main Campus by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Systems Engineering program with 6 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Education program with 90 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Engineering program with 22 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at New Mexico State University-Main Campus
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Systems Engineering	✕	6	-
Applied Economics	✕	6	-
School Psychology	✕	6	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism	✕	5	-
Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis	✕	5	-

Popular Master's Programs at New Mexico State University-Main Campus
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education	✕	90	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	81	$49,000
Public Health Education and Promotion	✔	57	-
Social Work	✔	47	$40,700
Industrial Engineering	✔	39	$75,600

Popular Doctorate Programs at New Mexico State University-Main Campus
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Engineering	✕	22	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	14	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✔	14	-
Nursing Practice	✔	10	-
Agronomy and Crop Science	✔	7	-

New Mexico State University-Main Campus offers 117 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 915 students have completed their graduate studies.

735 students have earned/completed Master's program.
10 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
47 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
6 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Agricultural Economics	✕	2	-
Animal Sciences	✕	5	-
Agronomy and Crop Science	✕	5	-
Horticultural Science	✕	1	-
Range Science and Management	✕	5	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Environmental Studies	✕	-	-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	✕	5	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Communication	✕	8	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	35 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	17	-
Information Technology	✔	17	-
Computer Science	✕	1	-
Education [+]	✔ (3 completers)	131 completers	-
Education	✕	90	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✔	-	$38,300
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	12	$46,200
Special Education and Teaching	✕	12	$49,200
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Speech or Language Impairments	✕	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	6	-
Agricultural Teacher Education	✔	11	-
Music Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (2 completers)	105 completers	-
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	✕	2	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	6	-
Civil Engineering	✕	13	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✔	28	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	4	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	13	-
Industrial Engineering	✔	39	$75,600
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✔ (1 completers)	19 completers	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✔	19	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	16 completers	-
Family Resource Management Studies	✔	16	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	14 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	8	-
Creative Writing	✕	6	-
Rhetoric and Composition	✕	-	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	-	-
General Studies	✕	-	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	6	-
Molecular Biology	✕	-	-
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology	✕	5	-
Bioinformatics	✕	1	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	4	-
Statistics	✕	8	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Astronomy	✕	1	-
Chemistry	✕	5	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	3	-
Hydrology and Water Resources Science	✕	4	-
Physics	✕	5	-
Psychology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	17 completers	-
Psychology	✕	-	-
Experimental Psychology	✕	7	-
Psychopharmacology	✔	10	-
School Psychology	✕	-	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (1 completers)	13 completers	$38,300
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✔	13	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	53 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	6	-
Social Work	✔	47	$40,700
Social Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	41 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	8	-
Economics	✕	11	-
Geography	✕	-	-
Political Science and Government	✕	5	-
Sociology	✔	17	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	1	-
Fine/Studio Arts	✕	5	-
Music Performance	✕	5	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	92 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	18	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✕	8	-
Public Health Education and Promotion	✔	57	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	9	-
Business [+]	✔ (2 completers)	108 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	81	$49,000
Accounting	✕	27	$58,900
Hospitality Administration/Management	✔	-	-
History [+]	✕	3 completers	-
History	✕	3	-
	Total	735

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Animal Sciences	✕	1	-
Agronomy and Crop Science	✕	7	-
Range Science and Management	✕	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	5	-
Education [+]	✔ (2 completers)	30 completers	-
Education	✕	-	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✔	14	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	14	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	2	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	-	-
Engineering [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Engineering	✕	22	-
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	✕	1	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	2 completers	-
English Language and Literature/Letters (other)	✕	2	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	2 completers	-
General Studies	✕	2	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	6	-
Molecular Biology	✕	4	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	4	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	1	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Astronomy	✕	3	-
Chemistry	✕	5	-
Hydrology and Water Resources Science	✕	3	-
Physics	✕	7	-
Psychology [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Psychology	✕	-	-
Experimental Psychology	✕	2	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	6	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Development Economics and International Development	✕	3	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	-	-
Nursing Science	✔	-	-
Business [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	3	-
	Total	117

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Nursing Practice	✕	10	-
	Total	10

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	-	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	3	-
Engineering [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	1	-
Business	✕	-	-
	Total	47

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	-	-
Education	✕	-	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	-	-
Psychology [+]	✕	6 completers	-
School Psychology	✕	6	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	✕	-	-
	Total	6

Graduate Student Population at NMSU

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 2,677 students enrolled into New Mexico State University-Main Campus graduate schools where it has total 14,268 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 1,426 full-time and 1,251 part-time graduate students. By gender, 1,107 male and 1,570 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,677	1,107	1,570
Full-time	1,426	633	793
Part-tme	1,251	474	777

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 962 White (35.94%), 95 Black/African American (3.55%), 932 Hispanic (34.82%), 59 Asian (2.20%), and 629 students with other races. 462 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,677	1,107	1,570
American Indian/Native American	56	17	39
Asian	59	24	35
Black/African American	95	39	56
Hispanic	932	338	594
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	3	2
White	962	367	595
Two More	85	30	55
Un-Known	21	11	10
Non-resident Alien	462	278	184

New Mexico State University-Main Campus offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1,083 graduate students (40.46% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 468 graduate students (17.48% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	2,677
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,083
Enrolled Some Online Courses	468
Not in Online Courses	1,126

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at New Mexico State University-Main Campus. 551 students are aged 20 to 24 (20.58% of total students), 1 students are aged below 20 (0.04%), 200 students are aged above 50 (7.47%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at New Mexico State University-Main Campus.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,677	1,107	1,570
Age 18-19	1	0	1
Age 20-21	37	12	25
Age 22-24	514	193	321
Age 25-29	712	323	389
Age 30-34	500	232	268
Age 35-39	321	138	183
Age 40-49	392	125	267
Age 50-64	177	74	103
Over 64	23	10	13

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