New Mexico State University
On the web: www.nmsu.edu
New Mexico State University provides an excellent academic program, research facilities and agricultural development. It's also a valuable gem for the visitor.
NMSU Museum offers rotating exhibits that feature the social sciences, humanities, folk arts and natural sciences of the Southwest and northern Mexico. Located on campus, corner of University and Solano.
Visit the NM State University Art Gallery with the largest contemporary art gallery in southern new Mexico, with 10 changing exhibits annually and a huge permanent collection.
Facts About NMSU
New Mexico State University, which began in 1888 as an agricultural college and preparatory school, is a comprehensive institution dedicated to teaching, research, and service at the graduate and undergraduate level. It is the only land-grant institution that is also classified as Hispanic-serving by the federal government and ranked by the Carnegie Foundation in the top research category, Research-Extensive. The university is also home to the state's NASA Space Grant Program. With extension and research sites in every county, New Mexico State is developing distance-education capabilities to extend its reach to all the citizens of the state. It is located in the southern New Mexico city of Las Cruces, which has a population of about 75,000. The region features desert mesas, the farmlands of the Rio Grande Valley, and the Organ Mountains, an extension of the Rocky Mountain chain.
Enrollment
Total fall 2005 enrollment for NMSU main campus and branch campuses is 26,391. The main campus enrollment is 16,072, which includes 3,416 graduate students. Minority enrollment at the main campus is more than 48 percent (41.4 percent Hispanic, 2.9 percent American Indian, 2.7 percent African-American and 1.3 percent Asian-American).
Faculty and Staff
Regular faculty members on the main campus number 698. Eighty-four percent of the full-time faculty hold earned doctoral degrees. The faculty/student ratio is 1 to 19. The professional and classified staff total 3,406.
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