Back نیومکزیکو ایالتی بیلیمیوردو AZB Нью-Мексіканскі дзяржаўны ўніверсітэт Byelorussian Universitat Estatal de Nou Mèxic Catalan New Mexico State University German Nov-Meksika Ŝtata Universitato Esperanto Universidad Estatal de Nuevo México Spanish دانشگاه ایالتی نیومکزیکو Persian Université d'État du Nouveau-Mexique French Új-mexikói Állami Egyetem Hungarian Universitas Negeri New Mexico ID
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Former names | Las Cruces College (1888–1889) New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (1889–1960) |
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| Type | Public land-grant research university |
| Established | September 17, 1888 |
| Accreditation | HLC |
Academic affiliations | |
| Endowment | $343.3 million (2023)[1] |
| Budget | $621 million (all campuses)[2] |
| President | Valerio Ferme[3] |
| Provost | Lakshmi Reddi (interim)[4] |
Academic staff | 2,519[5] |
| Students | 22,711 (total headcount) 15,408 (Las Cruces campus)[6] |
| Undergraduates | 12,507 (Las Cruces campus) |
| Postgraduates | 2,901 (Las Cruces campus) |
| Location | , , United States |
| Campus | Midsize suburb[8], 900 acres (360 ha)[7] |
| Colors | Crimson and white[9] Turquoise (unofficial)[10] |
| Nickname | Aggies |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division I FBS – CUSA |
| Mascot | Pistol Pete |
| Website | www |
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New Mexico State University (NMSU or NM State) is a public, land-grant, research university in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States. Founded in 1888, it is the state's oldest public institution of higher education, and was the original land-grant institution in New Mexico. NMSU is a university system, with its main campus in Las Cruces and satellite campuses in Alamogordo, Doña Ana County, and Grants.[11] Through the NMSU Cooperative Extension Service, it has centers or programs in all 33 counties in the state.[12]
Initially established as Las Cruces College, NMSU was designated a land-grant college in 1889 and renamed New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts; it received its present name in 1960. NMSU offers over 180 degree programs, including 28 doctoral, 58 master's, and 96 baccalaureate programs. It had approximately 22,711 enrolled in Fall 2024,[13] with a faculty-to-student ratio of roughly 1 to 16. New Mexico State's athletic teams, the Aggies, compete at the NCAA Division I level in Conference USA.
As of 2025,[update] NMSU has a research activity designation of "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Spending and Doctorate Production".[14] NMSU is the lead institute for the New Mexico National Space Grant Consortium.
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- ^ "NMSU Board of Regents approves operating budget for 2016–2017". nmsu.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ "Leadership". edu/about. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "Shoho retires as NMSU provost". 25 March 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ https://oia.nmsu.edu/files/2017/02/22784_QuickFactsBooklet_web2.pdf Archived 2017-08-12 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Fall 2024 NMSU Census Enrollment Report" (PDF). oia.nmsu.edu.
- ^ "About NMSU". New Mexico State University. 2017. Archived from the original on July 12, 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
- ^ "IPEDS - New Mexico State University-Main Campus".
- ^ "Color Palette | New Mexico State University". Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ "New Mexico State athletics unveil new secondary logo|Las Cruces Sun News". Retrieved March 6, 2024.
- ^ "Fitch report". Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ "Ask Our People | New Mexico State University - BE BOLD. Shape the Future". extension.nmsu.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
- ^ "NMSU OIA" (PDF). Retrieved February 22, 2025.
- ^ "Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup". carnegieclassifications.ace.edu. American Council on Education. 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2025.