Las Cruces, NM · Public
89%
Acceptance rate
1,004
SAT Average
$6,747
Avg net price
11,561
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Associate’s 0Bachelor’s 2,451Master’s 767Doctoral 124 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 316Master’s 106Doctoral 25 |
| Associate’s 0Bachelor’s 305Master’s 90Doctoral 1 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 212Master’s 67Doctoral 30 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 177Master’s 92Doctoral 8 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 143Master’s 13Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 141Master’s 0Doctoral 0 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 140Master’s 18Doctoral 6 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 140Master’s 9Doctoral 8 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 130Master’s 133Doctoral 14 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 117Master’s 19Doctoral 3 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 95Master’s None reportedDoctoral 2 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 85Master’s 7Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 66Master’s 35Doctoral 2 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 60Master’s 16Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 50Master’s 78Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 47Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 43Master’s 12Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 42Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 32Master’s 7Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 31Master’s 17Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 18Master’s 10Doctoral 0 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 17Master’s 3Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 17Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 13Master’s 23Doctoral 18 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 7Master’s 12Doctoral 7 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 4Master’s None reportedDoctoral 0 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 3Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
NCAA program
New Mexico State University
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Conference USA
Projected sponsored sports16
Athletic participation
441 unique student-athletes · 14 varsity teams
Rolling admission
FAFSA due Mar 1
· Apply with the college's application or Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $6,283
- Required fees
- $1,900
- Food and housing
- $12,282
- Books and supplies
- $1,250
- Other expenses
- $4,536
- Total
- $26,251
- $22,2812019–2019–20
- $23,0402020–2120–21
- $24,1922021–2221–22
- $24,3992022–2322–23
- $26,1112023–2423–24
- $26,2512024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $6,747 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid and paid in-state tuition.
Need-based aid, 2023–24
- First-years with need-based aid
- 72%
- Average share of need met
- 81.9%
- Average need-based grant
- $15,399.6
- Required forms
- FAFSA
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from New Mexico State University-Main Campus’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 3 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2023–24).
New Mexico State University-Main Campus admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 3 years of Common Data Set filings.
No early admission plans appear in New Mexico State University-Main Campus's Common Data Set filing.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. New Mexico State University-Main Campus admits in-state applicants at 74.6%, out-of-state applicants at 80.2%, and international applicants at 33.1%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
2,391 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are required for some applicants. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, up from 44% in 2022–23, and an ACT.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
71% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
22% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
New Mexico State University-Main Campus’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 96.8% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 100% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.50
High-school class rank
Among the 100% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
New Mexico State University-Main Campus rates 1 factor "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Standardized test scores
- Important
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Considered
- Class rank
- Considered
- Application essay
- Not considered
- Recommendation(s)
- Not considered
Nonacademic
- Interview
- Not considered
- Extracurricular activities
- Not considered
- Talent / ability
- Not considered
- Character / personal qualities
- Not considered
- First generation
- Not considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- Geographical residence
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Volunteer work
- Not considered
- Work experience
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
New Mexico State University-Main Campus leaves 1 Common Data Set answer blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
With the pool size hidden, a student’s odds of clearing the waitlist can’t be computed.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7)
New Mexico State University-Main Campus's net price after grant aid, by family income. of first-years received need-based aid. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $6,747 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 1,641 of 2,292 first-years in the 2023–24 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, New Mexico State University-Main Campus offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Waitlist activity, as reported to the Common Data Set.
Offered a place
Not disclosedAccepted a place
Not disclosedAdmitted off waitlist
Not disclosedWaitlist ranked
Not disclosed74.8% of New Mexico State University-Main Campus’s first-years return for a second year and 52.2% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03