New Mexico State University

New Mexico State University (main campus) sits on a 900-acres and enrolls more than 14,000 students from across the U.S. and 89 foreign countries. NMSU is a NASA Space-Grant College and home to the very first Honors College in New Mexico. A Hispanic-Serving Institution, NMSU serves a multi-cultural population of students and community members across the state at four campuses, a satellite learning center in Albuquerque, cooperative extension offices located in each of New Mexico's 33 counties, and 12 agriculture research and science centers. Plus, distance education programs give students maximum flexibility.

University Mission

The mission of the New Mexico State University system is to serve the diverse needs of the state through comprehensive programs of education, research, extension and outreach, and public service. As the state’s land-grant and space-grant university, and as a Hispanic-Serving Institution, NMSU fosters learning, inquiry, diversity and inclusion, social mobility, and service to the broader community.

University Vision

By 2025, the NMSU system will excel in student success and social mobility for our diverse student populations, achieve the highest Carnegie research status (R1), and maintain our Carnegie Community Engagement classification.

University Values

Leadership, excellence, access, diversity & inclusion and student-centered make up NMSU’s core values and are encapsulated as BE BOLD. Shape the Future. ®

NMSU Notables

·       NMSU was first in New Mexico to offer students an Honors College.

·       NMSU is the only university in the state with a PGA Golf Management program.

·       NMSU is home to New Mexico's NASA Space Grant Program.

·       NMSU basketball has more NCAA Tournament appearances than any other university in the state.

·       NMSU has conducted agricultural research since 1906.

·       Chile peppers developed by NMSU have been grown in space.

·       NMSU was one of the first universities to have an officially licensed beer, wine, whisky and seltzer.

·       NMSU is home to one of the largest annual luminaria displays in the Southwest.

·       NMSU has one of the few full-time planetary observatories in the United States.

·       The astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh, who discovered Pluto, taught at the university from 1961 to 1973.

·       NMSU has a higher percentage of Hispanic students than any other research university in New Mexico (or Arizona).

·       While main campus sits on 900 acres, the NMSU system is one of the world’s largest college campuses, with an area of about 6,250 acres.