by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus came in at #804 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico, NMSU Main Campus came in at #5.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, NMSU Main Campus came in at #536.
In addition, NMSU Main Campus took the #3 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in New Mexico.
The total graduate student population at NMSU Main Campus is made up of 59.6% women and 40.4% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
About 46.8% of the graduate students who attend NMSU Main Campus are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 16.4% of graduate students hail from another country. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $4,981 | $17,330 |
| Fees | $945 | $945 |
After obtaining their master's degree from NMSU Main Campus, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $52,394. That's about 10% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
The average early-career salary for doctorate degree recipients from NMSU Main Campus is $63,224. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 16% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of New Mexico State University - Main Campus.
Contact details for NMSU Main Campus are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2850 Weddell Street, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001 |
| Phone: | 575-646-0111 |
| Website: | www.nmsu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/newmexicostateuniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/nmsu |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 62.5% of the graduate students at NMSU Main Campus took at least one online course. For that same period, 41.7% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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